Link to watch online > https://meet.google.com/wjx-gfmj-ozi

More information: geral@quintadosgirassoisfz.com

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The Literary Café is an initiative of Quinta dos Girassóis which, since July 2021, has organised meetings and debates based on the presentation of literary works of worldwide relevance. The presentations are given by guest speakers who establish a dialogue with the social sciences and humanities.

Beyond the connection with literature, these meetings make a social analysis of political contexts of world experiences through the creative gesture of writing and reading. That is, they translate biopolitical and subjective processes of appropriation of collective experiences creatively reflected by the authors in the literature, poetry and essays presented.

For the year 2022 the chosen theme is "War and Peace", with the presentation of one work per quarter - from April to June and from September to November - always on a Saturday evening (18:30-20h) and in mixed mode: in person at the Lagar salon at Quinta dos Girassóis and online. The Postgraduate Programme in Social Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is in charge of streaming and recording, and the recordings will be available online for those who wish to view them.

The collaboration of the North/South Library with the Literary Café follows previous cultural projects, such as the Coffee with Books and Readings in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, carried out by the library with the aim of promoting books and reading. These projects have drawn a lot of participation, especially for Readings in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, which is relevant for the students of the Language and Literature programmes. In this sense, the Literary Café constitutes another space for meeting, reflection and debate including the public of readers of the Library, in areas that are of great interest to all CES students and teaching staff.