Carolina Maria de Jesus was a poor, single mother-of-three who lived in a derelict shack and spent her days scavenging for food. Her diary, written between 1955 and 1960, brought to life the harsh ...

Fifty-five years after publication of the book Quarto de despejo, (Child of the Dark: the Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus) interest in her work continues to grow and gained momentum in 2014, the year ...

“I say the favela is a city's trash room. We, the poor, are the old lumber.” This powerful metaphor could only have been a first-person insight from someone who has experienced it. Accounts like this ...

A poor single mother of three, Carolina Maria de Jesus lived in a derelict shack and spent her days scavenging for food for her children, doing odd jobs and collecting paper and bottles. Her diary, ...