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Is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey any good?
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Is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey any good?

Of course it is. So there, in your face, Betteridge’s law of headlines: This piece starts with a title question that can absolutely, confidently be answered with a yes. I guess Betteridge didn’t have a lot of experience with rage bait. The thing with Christopher Nolan is the man can definitely direct. Even his most […]

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A phone, a tablet, and a book are arranged atop a deep, forest green background. The phone displays the teal-green front cover of the 2024 summer issue of academic journal Via Panoramica, while the tablet shows an excerpt with testimonials about Ursula K. Le Guin’s influence. This summer issue commemorates the 50th anniversary of Le Guin’s novel “The Dispossessed”, but the book in the image is Le Guin’s “The Lathe of Heaven”. In the image’s upper right corner, a modern orange-red table lamp contrasts with the greens.
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Panoramic Views

Every once in a while, when I have enough time, I still return to the realms of academic work. It’s a great opportunity for keeping up-to-date with the latest research in certain fields of literary studies, not to mention it allows me to apply knowledge in more theoretical ways. So I quite enjoyed the opportunity […]

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(30) Books of Summer
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(30) Books of Summer

Plenty of reading recommendations appear in newspapers and magazines around this time, generally accompanied by some kind of drawing that transforms a book into a swimming pool (really, let designers come up with a few other options). There’s the lists by CEOs, and by presidents, celebrities, critics, then the thematic lists and the meant-for-the-kids ones, […]

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20 anos de carreira
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Thirty Seven Points

I turned 37 last August, and then celebrated 20 years as a professional writer in September. Prime excuse for nostalgia or looking backs. And in fact, for a week or two, I toyed with the idea of writing a retrospective, or perhaps sharing some lessons learned. But it felt too awkward, actually unnecessary; not to […]

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