Bruce Dean Willis

is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at The University of Tulsa. His research and publications focus on diverse aspects of poetry and performance, and expressions of Indigenous and African cultures, in Latin American literature, particularly Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.

TIME FOR CHOCOLATE is available for purchase through One Act Play Depot! A brief description:

An intoxicating evening of music, poetry, and chocolate... in pre-conquest Mexico!
Based on a fifteenth-century dialogue among nobles schooled in rhetoric and philosophy, the play pits father against son in a war of words over the power and beauty of artistic expression.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Como Cultivar a Malícia

Quando a cortesia forma hábito
acontece o habitual:
a chatice.
A gente precisa de sacodir,
um pouco
ou mesmo de jeito descomunal,
a previsível visita do sorriso.
Entra o mistério, o comentário enigmático,
e suas conseqüências:
a fraca fe,
a indisposição malsã,
o férreo desejo de ferir
com os gestos, com as palavras.
E depóis, só depóis,
a indiferença.
Tomara que o caminho de volta
seja tão fácil
quanto à chegada
na malícia.

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