"In poetic, immersive essays, Brum assembles a chorus of 'many Brazilian tongues': forest-dwelling midwives, elderly-care-home residents, a terminal cancer patient, far-flung Amazon populations."-The New Yorker
"In confirming the humanity of those whom we might easily overlook, Brum's writing is a call to greater awareness of the lives around us."-Ploughshares
"While Brum does not shy away from the violence and poverty that sometimes overshadow Brazil's reputation, her talent is in profiling and humanizing people who are too often treated as an undifferentiated mass. In the process, she honors their pursuit of joy and justice-their everyday insurrections."-Shelf Awareness
"Ordinary lives rendered extraordinary by
a master journalist who captures all their perplexity and quiet rebellion."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Brum shows how her subjects, people excluded from wealth and privilege, resist in a myriad of ways the society determined to marginalize them. Thanks to her sensitive and adventurous reporting, [The Collector of Leftover Souls is] full of people and stories not soon forgotten."-Publishers Weekly
"With lyricism and heart, renowned journalist Eliane Brum draws us into the lives of everyday Brazilians and their stories, until we see not one Brazil but many."-Frances de Pontes Peebles
"Eliane Brum asks us on every page to contemplate the privileged gaze . . . and to consider how it might be transformed into art and, ultimately, action."-Francisco Cantú
"Eliane Brum has it all and is a unique voice that understands the Brazil of today."-Juan Pablo Villalobos
"[Eliane Brum's] vision of human beings isn't tainted by buzzwords or what she or they ought to feel. Her sympathies are broad, nuanced, and humane."-Tom Sleigh
"This immersive tale of a journey through many-voiced, many-forested Brazil is achingly humane, beautifully written, and essential to our understanding of why theEarth is our greatest wealth."-Kapka Kassabova
