Speak Low

by Alice Sant'Anna, Eric M.B. Becker (Translation)

Poetry. Translated by Eric M.B. Becker. A young narrator travels to another country and with each new experience forges her personality and her worldview. Split between Providence and Rio de Janeiro, the poem follows the narrator as she learns to lose certainties, homes, love, in a style reminiscent of Elizabeth Bishop.

70 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2021

About the author

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1988, Alice Sant’Anna is the author of Dobradura (2008), Pingue-pongue (co-authored with Armando Freitas Filho, 2012) and Rabo de baleia (2013). Her poetry examines the small delights and inconveniences of daily life through a curious and creative gaze, finding unexpected meanings where we expect the trivial and routine. She works at the magazine Serrote, published by the Instituto Moreira Salles, writes a regular Friday column for O Globo’s “Transcultura” page, and is currently studying for a Master’s degree in literature at PUC-Rio.