This reissue features an afterword by Bruna Lombardi, an actress who corresponded with the writer and gained from him the strength to launch herself poeOK. Another novelty from the publisher is a new collection, organized by Pedro Augusto Graña Drummond, grandson of poeta, with chronicles and poebut about animals, their rights and their relationship with man. The Single Cat and Other Animals was designed for a younger reader and has illustrations and a different format from the other books.
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In the presentation, Pedro tells an episode in which he and his grandfather saved a lizard about 40 years ago. “Perhaps, by reading these texts, we will become more committed to understanding animals,” he says. If it is not possible to love them for their natural beauty, let us at least “protect them unconditionally from the terrible threat of extinction”. In the book's cover photo, Drummond, who died in 1987, appears with an elephant, holding its trunk.
Two other titles arriving in bookstores now are reissues of When is Football Day, which has an afterword by Pelé, and To Rosa do Povo, from 1945. The latter is a central book in the work of Drummond, strong and political, released in the year that marked the end of the Second World War and the Estado Novo, in Brazil.
Literary critic Silviano Santiago believes that knowing Drummond's vast production can help us to be more responsible citizens. The writer, he says, does “admirably well in navigating the lyrical waters of poesia and when walking in the violent land of politics.”
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Part of the celebrations of the date, a 24-hour reading marathon began at midnight and can be followed on the profiles @flitabira and @cpfsesc. Other actions are taking place on TikTok. At Livraria da Tarde, in São Paulo, at 18:30 pm, Diana Junkes, Paulo Ferraz and Tarso de Melo talk and read poebut. At 19pm, texts will be projected on a building located on one of the corners of Consolação and Maria Antonia streets and, at 20pm, on Praça Roosevelt.
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