Tomorrow, Oct. 10, Brazilian poet Claudia Roquette-Pinto will be giving a poetry reading and discussion from 3-5 p.m. The reading will take place in 101 International Studies Building: a blurb for the reading is available here.

Roquette-Pinto has written five books of poetry – Os Dias Gagos (1991), Saxífraga (1993), Zona de Sombra (1997), Corola (2000), and Margem de Manobra (2006). You can read excerpts from each of these collections at Roquette-Pinto’s website.

We’ve gathered some additional resources on Roquette-Pinto and her work:

• Roquette-Pinto’s website

• A video interview with Roquette-Pinto

• A lengthy biographical sketch, with interview, from Trópico

• Information from publisher Green Integer’s Project for Innovative Poetry blog

• Several reviews and poems at Jornal de Poesia