Last Sunday, Brazilians returned Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the presidency with just over 51% of the vote, against 48% for Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. It was the first time since direct elections returned in 1989 that a candidate who lost the first round went on to win the runoff. Markets were caught off guard: […]
Dear Distance: What “The Correspondent” Teaches Us About Proximity
Virginia Evans’ debut novel The Correspondent has become one of the literary surprises of the past year. The novel follows Sybil Van Antwerp, a retired lawyer living alone in Annapolis. She is the divorced mother of two living adult children and one who died when he was eight. The story is told entirely through the […]
Let’s maintain our physical, but not psychological distance!
As another month of home confinement to fight the COVID-19 pandemic comes to an end, many of us have probably come to terms with the situation, or rather, our handling of it. Some of us may even feel well adapted by now? Or did we just get accustomed to an ongoing struggle? Are the feelings […]