“Locals and in-the-know travelers head to Intendente, a historic district in Portugal’s capital city that has undergone a dramatic makeover.”

Alexander Chee, Disquiet Faculty ’15, is celebrating the release of his new novel, Queen of the Night, tonight, 2/2/16, at McNally Jackson Books (52 Prince St, New York, New York 10012), 7PM! Find the event here, and find the book here! Congratulations, Alex!!

The best places to drink Ginjinha in Lisbon!

From David da Silva Cornell: “What a discovery — 2,000 texts by Pessoa, unedited and heretofore unread, were found in a box in the garage of a house in South Africa where he lived as a child and are now at Brown.” More here!

Come to Portugal for Disquiet, and check out Lello Bookstore while you’re here!

Disquiet participant, Marilyn Duarte, writes about her experience in 2015!

As 7 Maravilhas de Lisboa.

We’re not the only ones who think you should come to Lisbon this summer! Consider this as you prep your submissions!

Congratulations to Alexander Chee, DQ Fiction Faculty 2015! His novel, The Queen of the Night, is named Hottest Fiction in Entertainment Weekly‘s “25 books we can’t wait to read in 2016”!

DISQUIET ’16 Faculty M. T. Anderson wins Booklist Editors’ Choice Books for Youth 2015 “Top of the List—Youth Nonfiction”! Check out Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad on Booklist!