The Story Behind 'Elvira Virginia'

 

Elvira Virgínia is the name of my maternal grandmother. Born in 1916, she lived 103 years. Elvira Virgínia – the book – brings several ‘poetic personas’, which give voice to countless women from different eras, personalities, desires and styles. Elvira Virgínia – my grandmother – was also many women in one. Born in the early twentieth century, she saw women being raised to be wives and mothers, saw women stop wanting to be just wives and mothers; she saw women being able to vote, get divorced, saw women burn their bras and take birth control pills, attend universities and enter the workforce. She saw women break free from behavior patterns and go in search of their dreams. Hence, I chose the name of my grandmother, who was a witness to the transformations of women over time, for my first printed book. It represents the plurality and unity of the feminine and marks the sacredness of my ancestry.

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Get 'Elvira Virgínia'

 

ELVIRA VIRGINIA

 my very first book is OUT NOW.

 

ONLINE PURCHASE

If you are interested on getting ELVIRA VIRGINIA, then you are invited to DM my Instagram Profile to get the book from November, 20th of 2021!

 

IN-STORE PURCHASE

If you are interested on getting ELVIRA VIRGINA,  BAMBOLETRAS book store in Brazil is offering the chance to grab your copy. PURCHASE IT HERE.

 

DIGITAL VERSION - COMING SOON

ELVIRA VIRGINIA is coming to AMAZON in the next months. Stay tuned for upcoming details.

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'Elvira Virginia' Launch event.

 

On Saturday Nov 20th, from 16h to 18h I had the chance to autograph my first 'printed book', namely ELVIRA VIRGÍNIA. After the autograph session, at 19hr, my husband Frank Jorge and I performed together in this event known as "SARAU" (portuguese), "SOIRÉE" (French).  In this event, We read poems and other texts (poetic prose) of our own authorship, finishing with Frank's pocket show. 

FYI: Frank is a well-known musician in Brazil, with many CDs launched with bands and in his solo career. He was invited by Paul McCartney himself to do the "opening show' in Paul's concert in Porto Alegre on October 13th, 2017. As a writer, he has published 4 books.

 

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This is... Dani Espíndola.

 

Dani Espíndola: graduated in Languages: Portuguese-English and their respective Literatures. Postgraduate in English Language and English Language Literature. Specialist in TEFL and master’s Student in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Spain. A teacher for over 30 years, she is also a pedagogical coordinator and provides training and workshops for language teachers. 

In the field of literature, she has a short but productive career. In 2020 she launched the e-book "TANTO FIZ QUE DEU POEMA" (So much did I do, turns out I had a poem”). She had a poem selected to compose the 2021 Off-FLIP Publisher Poetry Collection and, again, one more poem selected from thousands to compose the 2022 Off-FLIP Publisher Collection. (FLIP - Paraty International Literary Festival - the main literature festival in Brazil). She participated in the following collections and anthologies: Collection HEALING IN VERSES, Collection FLORESCER (BLOOM), Collection WOMEN IN A SINGLE VOICE (released in Brazil and Portugal), Collection INTUITION (released in Brazil and Portugal), Collection ENLUARADAS, Collection ALLOW YOURSELF TO POETIZE, Collection CIRCLE OF GODDESSES, Collection Off-FLIP - POETRY 2021, Unpublished poem, under order, for the collection of "CASA DA CRIATIVIDADE TOTAL" (“HOUSE OF TOTAL CREATIVITY”), from São Paulo, Audio-poems for the ‘QUINTA MALDITA’ Youtube channel, 2 poems selected to be on posters in the streets of Buenos Aires in December/2021, part of the project "MUJERES EN LETRAS" (“WOMEN IN LETTERS”), which promotes Latin American writers. 

In 2021, she launched her first printed book: ELVIRA VIRGÍNIA, which has already received an invitation to be published in a bilingual edition (Portuguese/Spanish) by Miríficas Ediciones (to be released in December/2021 or January/22). 

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