To Make the World a Better Place is a thoughtful collection of poetry about the extraordinary possibilities found within ordinary moments.Through reflections on love, creativity, nature, community, faith, aging, recovery, and the passage of time, Matthew C. Johnsen invites readers to slow down, listen more deeply, and become more fully aware of the world, and of themselves. His poems move between quiet observations of morning light, music, seasons, friendship, and ...

Postcolonial Mozambique decriminalized homosexual acts in 2015. This legal reform was not a response to litigation or public pressure, but came from a parliamentary initiative and lobbying by a few organizations. Subsequent public opinion polls show that Mozambique is an outlier in Africa in its relatively tolerant behaviors and attitudes toward non-heterosexual relationships.What are the cultural and historical specificities toward gender and sexual dissidence in Mozambique that m...