Elizabeth Lowe, associate director and associate scholar in the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, is the author of "The City in Brazilian Literature. "She has translated works by Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector, and Antonio Lobo Antunes. Earl E. Fitz is professor of Portuguese, Spanish, and comparative literature at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of "Rediscovering the New World: Inter-American Literature in a Comparative Context, "and has translated works by Clarice Lispector, Lima Barreto, and Enrique Lefevre.