Carolina Abbott Galvão is a Brazilian writer, editor, and fact checker. Get in touch at cabbottgalvao[at]gmail[dot]com Selected work:Los Angeles Review of Books: Self-Flagellation, Not Self DiscoveryCulturebot: How Jérôme Bel Remade HimselfThe Drift: Marina Abramović Longevity Method The New York Times: Mabe Fratti, a Spark in Mexico City’s Experimental Music Scene The New York Times: The Pianist Amaro Freitas Takes His Jazz Somewhere New: The AmazonThe New York Times: Maria José Llergo’s Songs Have Flamenco Roots. They Raise a Ruckus.The New York Times Magazine: Letter of Recommendation: The CuícaThe New York Times: Can a Brazilian Pop Star Crack the U.S. Market? Anitta Says Yes.NPR: Challenging traditional sertanejo, Brazil's Gabeu creates space for queer love songsThe Guardian: 'Singing feels like giving birth': Brazilian samba star Elza Soares at 90The Guardian: Karol G: 'Why should I limit how I express myself because I'm a woman?'The Guardian: Brazil's Black trans musicians: 'When we join forces, we're dangerous!'i-D: RHR’s Club Music is Percussive, Progressive, and Unexpectedly Parent FriendlyMonocle: On its own terms: Far from the mainstream fashion hubs, students in coastal Spain are forging their own creative paths.Monocle: Ada Limón: The US poet laureate believes that poetry can help us to live more fully. That’s why she is bringing it into America’s national parks.Monocle: Melting Pot: Polymath Edmund de Waal opens his studio to introduce us to his closest collaborators: his team.Monocle: Zar Amir Ebrahimi: After 15 years in exile, the award-winning actress and film-maker speaks out about Iran’s ‘corrupt’ government and how she has channelled her emotions into her prescient film, ‘Holy Spider’Monocle: Ming Smith: Pioneering photographer Ming Smith earns a well-deserved exhibition at Moma.Monocle: Setting the Scene: In news bulletins, the background matters. We meet the Vienna-based designers whose television studios are the stars of the show.