04 December 2012
Billboard has named Portuguese-American vocalist, Katy Perry, its woman of the year. Perry released “Teenage Dream” in 2010, and became the second artist in the history of Billboards’ Pop Songs chart to take five tracks from a single album to “Number One” with her single hit “Last Friday Night” from her last album “Teenage Dream.” […]
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03 December 2012
By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) In 2012, the Portuguese American Journal featured interviews with writers and reviewed many fine books about or by those of Luso heritage. At the beginning of the holiday season, it only seems appropriate we present a Holiday Gift List featuring poetry, fiction and non-fiction by Portuguese-American and Brazilian-American writers. The […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal
01 December 2012
By Millicent Accardi, Contributor (*) In the 1800s, only the courageous crossed the Atlantic’s expanse from Portugal and the Azores, to face a dangerous sea and the badlands of California in order to reach a new life in the United States. Now, the highly anticipated book Power of the Spirit, Joe Machado editor, is the […]
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30 November 2012
The head of Portugal’s Air Force, General José Pinheiro, expressed “surprise” at the scale of the planned reduction by the U.S. of its military presence at Lajes Air Field, on Terceira island, in the Azores, but reserved judgment on the implications. “It was a surprise when we received [news of] of the scale of the […]
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27 November 2012
The InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies (IJPDS) online has launched its first issue. A printed issue will be made available soon. Published annually, IJPDS is a peer-reviewed international academic journal affiliated with Anderson University, Indiana, USA. The journal publishes original research, evaluation studies, case reports, review articles, and book reviews in English, Portuguese, Spanish, […]
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26 November 2012
Dzanc Books, in partnership with the Luso-American Development Foundation, has announced its third annual summer DISQUIET International Literary Program, in Lisbon, Portugal, for North American writers. A call for entries is now open for the Dzanc Books/Guernica International Literature Award contest for poetry, fiction, or nonfiction, by a North American writer that addresses themes or […]
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