Quintas de Leitura

The title of a text about Porto by Rui Couceiro sets the tone for this session. We all know it: This city is not a city, it’s an addiction. Porto through the voice of poets. From Sophia to Jorge Sousa Braga, from José Gomes Ferreira to Carlos Tê—a vibrant and unpredictable poetic itinerary to the rhythm of the pulse of this ‘city of granite light’. Shake the cosmic dust off your shoulders and let yourself be infected by the insurrection of our guests’ deep and hoarse gesture. Pronounced poetic excitement. And the Douro so close by. — João Gesta