The collection introduced to Mexico some key names in contemporary literature such as Andrea Zanzotto, Robert Creeley, Marina Tsvetaeva or João Cabral de Melo Neto, among others.
"Cão sem Plumas" (A Dog Without Feathers) describes the Capibaribe River of Pernambuco and the poverty-stricken community that surrounds it.
She was married to fellow Brazilian poet João Cabral de Melo Neto and she had two surviving daughters at the time of her death resulting from multiple organ failure.
João Gilberto | João Pessoa | João Bosco | Maria João | Amílcar Cabral | Pedro Álvares Cabral | Agostinho Neto | João Roque | Ernesto Neto | Maria Joao | João Goulart | João Cabral de Melo Neto | Torquato Neto | São João River | São João de Meriti | João Vieira Pinto | João Sousa | Joao Roque | João Pinto | João Magueijo | João Havelange | João Botelho | Francisco Melo | Álvaro de Miranda Neto | Sérgio Cabral Filho | Melo, Uruguay | Melo | Maria João Rodrigues | Jose Melo | João Saldanha |