Tamara L. Mitchell. “Listening in/to Literature.” Latin American Research Review. Cambridge University Press, 2022
About Me
"With a philosophical ear, Librandi has much in common with one of her key interlocutors, Adriana Cavarero, one of the most innovative thinkers of contemporary humanistic sound studies. And Librandi's consideration of more-than-human aurality will provide fertile ground for future lines of inquiry."
My Background
- Doctor in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature from Universidade de São Paulo
- Researcher affiliated with the Brazil Lab at Princeton University
- Assistant professor at Stanford University (2009-2018)
- Visiting professor at Princeton University (2018-2021)
- Professor at Universidade de São Paulo (2021-2024)
- Visiting Professor at PUC- Rio (2024)
- Advisor of several Masters and Ph.D’s students
- Curator of the Sonic Library “Clarice 100 Ears”
- Keynote speaker at The Brazilian Academy of Letters, ICI Berlin, Roma La Sapienza, Freie Universitat of Berlin, Columbia, NYU, Brown University, among others
- Co-editor of the book Transpoetic Exchange: Haroldo de Campos, Octavio Paz and Other Multiversal Dialogues (Bucknel University Press, 2021)
- Author of Writing by Ear and other books, and of several peer-reviewed articles and essays published in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Germany, Portugal, and in the US
Marilia is currently writing a memoir in a hybrid format, with poems, interviews and short narratives, tentatively called The Book of Lulu and Lili (in Brazil and in Exile) about her mother and in the 1960s and 1970s.
She has taken many continuing education classes and explorations in creative and meditative writings with Natalie Goldberg, Kaz Tanahashi, Zenju Earthly Manuel, Ando, Lidia Yuknavitch, Alex Behr, and classes with writers in Brazil. She has also written about Indigenous arts in Brazil, and received the name “Ewadaru” (“Master of Words”) in the traditional Boe Bororo’s ritual of nomination.
Marilia practices Zen Buddhism, and took Buddhist vows in 2024 (with her teacher Karen De Cotis), and she belongs to the sangha of the Bozeman Dharma Center in Montana.
She lives in Bozeman, Montana where she works with her daughter at the Royal Road Bookstore at 521 Peach Street. She teaches part of the year in Brazil.
