Review 83, guest-edited by Elizabeth Lowe (University of Illinois, Urbana) and Peggy Sharpe (Florida State University) brings together articles by scholars Earl Fitz, Charles Perrone, Cacilda Rêgo, and Nelson Vieira; poetry, fiction, essays, and song lyrics by authors from the two cities, including Lúcia Bettencourt, Chico Buarque, Dorival Caymmi, João Paulo Cuenca, Vinícius de Moraes, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Lande Onawale, Helena Parente Cunha, Nélida Piñon, and João Ubaldo Ribeiro. The issue includes pieces on cover-artist Antonio Manuel and on ecclesiastical music during the Vargas regime; and reviews of titles by João Almino, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Adriana Lisboa, Clarice Lispector, and Nelson Rodrigues.
