07 April 2015
The material composing the greater part of this little volume — writes the author in a short Preface — was originally written to occupy some of the leisure moments of the author, without a thought to its future publication. But the many questions proposed to him in social intercourse respecting the Azores have at length […]
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06 April 2015
By Lígia Batista, Contributor (*) Last month, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. welcomed the Iberian Suite, a festival that celebrated Portuguese and Spanish speaking cultures. Many Portuguese artists were invited to share their work. Nobel Prize José Saramago was remembered and authors such as Afonso Cruz, José Luis Peixoto, Gonçalo M. Tavares, e Dulce […]
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05 April 2015
“The Rogue narrates a beautiful nightmare with aplomb, even mastery. The timing of the dialogue and the layers of engagement are very well rendered. The story is written by an outsider, far removed from the Portuguese way of being. It shows the oddity of things Portuguese.” — Lídia Jorge, prominent Portuguese novelist and author. “While […]
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02 April 2015
Portuguese film director, Manoel de Oliveira, died today at age 106. Starting his career in 1927, he directed his first film in 1931. Oliveira was considered the world’s oldest working film director and the only filmmaker whose active career has spanned from the silent era to the digital age. He direct more than 30 feature […]
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02 April 2015
US Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), both described as leading figures in the Democratic Party, have co-signed a letter to President Barack Obama expressing their concern regarding the recent action by the US Department of Defense to withdraw 500 military personnel from Lajes Air Force Base on Terceira island, […]
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02 April 2015
‘My House is a Mansion’ is a spiritual and sexual coming of age tale, which explores issues of personal and collective identity, mythical and mystical understandings of self, world and universe, gender, race and class. Amélia, the protagonist, embarks on a quest of self-discovery, travelling between continents in real and symbolic terms finding personal growth […]
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