Bibiana and Belonisia are two black women born in the backlands of Bahia in the last century. The story of these sisters, marked by a childhood tragedy, won the world in 2018 through the book Torto Arado, but it was during the pandemic that she conquered the Brazilian literary market. In this episode, we talk to the author of the work, the Salvadoran Itamar Vieira Júnior, a geographer who became the best-selling and awarded writer in Brazil. Doctor in ethnic and African studies, with more than 15 years of experience as a researcher at the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA), it was visiting rural communities that Itamar found in the land the inspiration to compose characters that reflect the lives of Brazilians from different countries. times. From post-slavery to the pandemic world. We remember the historical relationship of Brazilians with land, the challenges of the struggle for agrarian reform, especially in today's political and social context, and we talk about female leadership in what is considered the mother of all struggles: the right to land. Américo Barbosa, a popular lawyer and member of the MST, and Inaê Moreira, an artist from Bahia, who narrates excerpts from the work, also participate in the episode.