
Francisco Quinteiro Pires is a journalist and cultural critic. He holds a Ph.D. in Literary and Cultural Studies from New York University and teaches courses on Latin American and Iberian cultures at Lehman College, CUNY. His book project, Sensory Colonialism: Space and Memory in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema, explores the intersections between literature and film in Portuguese- and Creole-speaking societies during the first two decades of the 21st century. His journalistic work has been featured in Folha de S. Paulo, Valor Econômico, Carta Capital, O Estado de S. Paulo, Esquire Brasil, and Revista Zum, among others. His academic articles have appeared in the Journal of Lusophone Studies, Luso-Brazilian Review, A Barca, Nau Literária, Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies, and Transmodernity.