Recent content by Benny Profane

Are you Slovakian?

This is a non-sense thread about a bizarre happening with a weirdo plot: a pacifist poet tries to kill the Prime-Minister of Slovakia. I have no more words... https://www.wionews.com/world/who-is-juraj-cintula-the-71-year-old-poet-who-opened-fire-on-slovak-pm-robert-fico-721884

Always relevant:

Oh!!! May she rest in peace! :(

Prominent Brazilian actor, Paulo César Pereio, has passed away. He played roles in some films by Glauber Rocha, Ruy Guerra, Hector Babenco, etc. Obituary: https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2024/05/12/ator-paulo-cesar-pereio-morre-no-rio.ghtml

Roger Corman, producer, screenwriter and king of films-B, has passed away. More here: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/

In some cities of Rio Grande do Sul, there are intensive rain, landslide and flooding now. And the rivers can overflow again... Sad!!!

New Russian pieces: 1) https://www.arsetvita.com/product-page/alamedas-escuras-ivan-b%C3%BAnin (Bunin); 2) https://www.arsetvita.com/product-page/i%C3%BAchka-e-outras-hist%C3%B3rias-andrei-plat%C3%B4nov (Platonov)

I've been checking Dhalgren by Samuel Delany and the intro is just brilliant: "to wound the autumnal city. So howled out for the world to give him a name. The in-dark answered with wind. All you know I know: careening astronauts and bank clerks glancing at the clock before lunch; actresses...

I agree! Climate changes are real! :(

I thought about starting a thread about it but our dear @Leseratte did it before. Thank you for this, my friend! ;) Well, the situation in Porto Alegre, Canoas and Santa Maria is catastrophic. Some districts hit by this intense flood are poor districts (Sarandí, in Porto Alegre and Mathias...

Bernard Pivot, French journalist and interviewer, who popularized Literature by his television Program called Apostrophes passed away today: https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html

Welcome back, Morbid!

Unfortunately, our scholars think Brazilian literature died on 60's and Guimarães Rosa was the last great author of Brazilian Literature. But, contradicting all of them, after Guimarães Rosa, we had Tropicália, Geração Mimeógrafo, Brutalismo, Clube da Esquina (Geraldo Carneiro is a incredible...

George Washington Cable: https://www.delphiclassics.com/shop/george-washington-cable/