How nice to see old friends and meet new people at the WISPS conference today. I gave a talk on "Performing Novas Cartas (instead of reading it)" (will post soon), and had some productive feedback. Thanks to Catherine Boyle for making me think about why some books go through revivals at certain points in time. Why does it make sense to re-read Novas Cartas today? How does this 70s book help me understand the world I live in? And why is everyone suddenly talking about/working on this book in Portugal? As she said, it is not a problem that some books get to be perceived as political symbols. What matters is what they have to offer beyond the political - what makes them "movable", so to speak.
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