Rui Couceiro: “In literature we find ourselves and the other”

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Rui Couceiro discusses the power of fiction, reading, and storytelling as tools for truth, empathy, and personal understanding. He also explains his move from publishing to focusing on his writing and organizing the Babel literary festival in Porto. The conversation highlights his new nonfiction book, his reflections on censorship, gentrification, and the role of libraries and books in society. Couceiro frames literature as both a personal discipline and a public cultural force, and he presents Babel as a major citywide event built to promote reading.

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