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"The Five Seasons of Love," a reading by Novelist João Almino and a discussion of the Brizilian literacy scene. Almino is a Brazilian writer and diplomat. He is the author of the Brasília Quartet, which is comprised of the novels Ideas on Where to Spend the End of the World, Samba-Enredo, The Five Seasons of Love (first published in Portuguese by Editora Record; published in Spanish by Alfaguara, México; Casa de las Americas 2003 Literary Award; in English by Host Publications, 2008) and The Book of Emotions (Editora Record, 2008). His work in political science and philosophy has been a reference for the study of authoritarianism and democracy in Brazil. It includes the following books: The Authoritarian Democrats, The Age of the Present (also in Spanish by Fondo de Cultura Económica), Secrecy and Information, Once Upon a Time a Constituent Assembly and Still Life, The Political Philosophy of Ecology. In literary criticism, he is the author of Brasil/ EUA: Balanço Poético, which compares poetic trends in Brazil and the US, and Escrita em Contraponto (Tempo Brasileiro, 2008). He taught at the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM), at the University of Brasília (UnB), the Instituto Rio Branco, University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University. He was Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco, Lisbon and Miami, Deputy Chief of Mission in London and Director of Instituto Rio Branco, the Brazilian Diplomatic School. An Ambassador, he is presently the Consul General of Brazil in Chicago. Reception to follow.

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