Amid Rio's Violence, a Local Poetry Movement Offers Hope |

"The goal of Corner Editorial, Salles said, is to amplify the voices of authors from the slums and working class neighborhoods on the edges of Rio. One of those is Lindacy Menezes, 61, who has been a domestic worker since she was nine years old.

“Never in my life did I think I would become what I am today, a writer,” Menezes said after posing for a photo with the book's authors. “I used to be a forgotten person, who wouldn’t speak, except to thank someone for telling me my cooking was good.”"

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