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Brazil

Becoming Ishmael

By Antônio Moura

I part the sea in two.

Translated from Portuguese by Stefan Tobler

Multilingual

Mermaid in Earnest

By Angélica Freitas

The mermaid treads on knives when she uses her feet.

Translated from Portuguese by Hilary Kaplan

Multilingual

from “All Dogs are Blue”

By Rodrigo de Souza Leão

I’ll either leave here dead—or something worse.

Translated from Portuguese by Zoë Perry

Sixteen Degrees on Avenida Paulista

By Horácio Costa

I saw the Paraguayan go astray in the night

Translated from Portuguese by Stefan Tobler

Multilingual

from “underwater snooker”

By Carol Bensimon

Did you forget you’re supposed to slow down going downhill?

Translated from Portuguese by Anthony Doyle

Hiatus

By Armando Freitas Filho

Loyal tattoo, immune to the time of origin.

Translated from Portuguese by Stefan Tobler

Multilingual

from “O Cheiro do Ralo”

By Lourenço Mutarelli

I thought how I could spend a week just looking at her behind

Translated from Portuguese by Zoë Perry

Vigil

By Orides Fontela

Translated from Portuguese by Stefan Tobler

Multilingual

Belle

By Rubem Fonseca

I don’t enjoy popping anybody, but it's my job.

Translated from Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers

Multilingual

1808

By Laurentino Gomes

Thus began the most noteworthy period of transformation in Rio de Janeiro.

Translated from Portuguese by Alison Entrekin

from “The Eternal Son”

By Cristovão Tezza

The most brutal morning of his life started with interrupted sleep.

Translated from Portuguese by Alison Entrekin