Livros do Autor was a Quilombhoje project that included a discussion and subsequent selection of the texts to be published in the series. Cuti claimed Livros do Autor was important to Quilombhoje because it represented a conscious strategy to achieve progress in the literary field. Livros do Autor would feature prominent writers in Afro-Brazilian literature from the 19th and early 20th centuries including Castro Alves, Luís Gama, Cruz e Souza, Lima Barreto, , Jorge de Lima, and Solano Trindade. As author Niyi Afolabi writes, "Quilombhoje's response begins where the preabolition and postabolition writers left off, carefully dialoguing with their currents while at the same time renewing and redefining their own commitments and significance."Afolabi, Niyi. "Quilombhoje as a Cultural Collective." Afro-Brazilians: Cultural Production in a Racial Democracy. Boydell and Brewer, 2009. 51-79. Web. Livros do Autor acted as "literary workshops" that evoked debate about Afro-Brazilian literature to advance the genre.Oliveira, Emanuelle. "Chapter 3: Cadernos Negros and Quilombhoje." Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue UP, 2008. 101. Print.
