Jo�o Almino is the author of five novels, of which TheFive Seasons of Love and The Book ofEmotions are available in English translation. He has taught at Berkeley,Stanford, the Autonomous National University of Mexico, and the Universityof�Bras�lia.
Elizabeth Jackson is Visiting Assistant Professor of Portuguese at Wesleyan University. She is the translator of Jo�o Almino's novels The Five Seasons of Love and The Book of Emotions, as well as co-translator of Patricia Galvao's 1933 novel Industrial Park.