Elide V. Oliver professes Brazilian Literature and Writing in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis USA. Her recent publications include a review of Fernando Pessoa and Co., Selected Poems by Fernando Pessoa, translated by Richard Zennith and Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies, published by the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, as well as The Third Bank of the River. Time-flow and Paternity in João Guimarães Rosa (with reflections on Carlos Drummond de Andrade and James Joyce), published by The Modern Humanities Research Association, Portuguese Studies, London.