06 August 2012
By Millicent Borges Accardi The work of Portuguese writer Nuno Júdice is like a spell. A reverie. A dark dream with quiet overtones and hidden meanings. Last summer in Lisbon, as part of the DISQUIET International Literary Program, it seemed as if the whole world had been swallowed up and silenced when Júdice softly delivered […]
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06 August 2012
The first Pride Azores Festival is scheduled for August 28 to September 2, 2012, in the city of Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, in the Azores. According to Terry Costa, president of the Association LGBT Pride Azores and organizer of the event, the festival will include a march for human rights, a conference on LGBT […]
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03 August 2012
By Oona Patrick, Contributor (*) The Dzanc Books/CNC DISQUIET International Literary Program, a summer program that began in 2011, finished its second two-week adventure in Lisbon, Portugal, on July 13. The program brings 60 North American and international writers to the city for workshops in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The program and its local sponsors […]
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02 August 2012
Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the University Press of New England (UPNE), announced the publication of Garrett’s Travels Revisited, edited by Victor K. Mendes and Valéria M. Souza. This double-volume issue of Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies (vols. 21–22) re-examines the most celebrated work of Portuguese Romanticism, Travels in My Homeland (1846) […]
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02 August 2012
Portuguese mega model Sara Sampaio, 21, one of the most visible international models, is currently modeling for Victoria’s Secret Pink line for the new season. Born in Porto, Sampaio began her international career in 2008, at age 16, modeling for Pantene. In 2007, she was named World’s Best Female Model and, in 2011, was awarded […]
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01 August 2012
Portuguese-Canadian Meaghan Benfeito, 23, (right) and her team mate Roselin Filion (left) won a Bronze Medal in women’s 10-metre synchronized diving at the London Olympics. The duo captured Canada’s second medal. Benfeito has won three other bronze medals over her career with one each in synchro events at the world championships, Commonwealth Games, and Pan […]
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