Um sarau da Cooperifa : coletânea de poemas recolhidos em 24.01.07, véspera do aniversário de São Paulo, no sarau da Cooperifa, poetas da periferia que se reúnem todas as quartas
One of the "libros cartoneros" currently being produced by the non-profit community-based editorial collaborative Dulcinéia Catadora, launched in São Paulo in 2007 by artist Lúcia Rosa. Dulcinéia Catadora, inspired by similar efforts such as Eloísa Cartonera, the first such project founded in Buenos Aires in 2003 by artists Javier Barilaro and Fernanda Laguna, and writer Washington Cucurto, and Sarita Cartonera, based in Lima, Peru, organized the following year in 2004, publishes inexpensively-photocopied avant guard and experimental texts by well-known, as well as new, writers, alive as well as deceased. Texts are bound in covers made from pieces of recycled cardboard boxes salvaged from the garbage by cardboard scavengers or "catadores", and hand-painted by them in unique designs. This collaborative effort of writers, artists, and "catadores" has made books affordable and accessible to more readers, popularized marginal literature, created new uses for discarded materials, and provided higher income, more creative jobs, and greater self-esteem for scavengers and street people.
"Capa pintada à mão, feita com papelão comprado de cooperativas de materiais recicláveis. O Dulcinéia Catadora conta com o apoio do MNCR, MNPR e do Aprendiz. Integra a rede latino-americana de projetos-irmãos Eloísa Cartonera (Argentina), Sarita Cartonera (Peru) e YiYi-Jambo (Paraguai)"--Verso of front endpaper.
"Cooperifa se reúne todas as quartas às nove da noite no Bar do Zé Batidão, Rua Bartolomeu Dos Santos 797, Chácara Santana, São Paulo"--p. [1] at end.
Mandado / Allan da Rosa -- Motivos / Sales de Azevedo -- Intensidade / Rose Dorea -- Catador de papelão / Robson Canto -- Um grito / José Neto -- Paciência canina / Daniela Meira -- Não sou poeta / Tadeu Lopes -- Conseqüência / Mavot Sirc -- Insistência / Luciman de Sousa -- Notícia de jornal / Márcio Batista -- Sentimento / João Santos -- Ao mestre com carinho / Jairo (do Periafricania) -- Ano novo, amor velho / Dinha -- Outros 500 / Rodrigo Ciríaco -- Sabotage (o invasor) / Sérgio Vaz