Cadernos Ultramares seeks to present Brazilian culture and thought in a qualified way, through volumes bringing together important essays by renowned authors in different areas of knowledge. The critic José Miguel Wisnik has become a reference for the insertion of the analysis of popular music lyrics as a major form of Brazilian literature. That is what he does in the first essay of this volume, by creating a historical overview of the dialogue between popular music and literature in Brazil. In the second essay, he broadens the scope of his research by dealing with soccer as a source for the analysis of Brazilian society.