paulo da costa

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    • The Cartography of Being
    • The Green and Purple Skin of the World
    • The Scent of a Lie
    • The Midwife of Torment
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    • The Book of Catalogues
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    • Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey
    • The Cartography of Being
    • The Green and Purple Skin of the World
    • The Scent of a Lie
    • The Midwife of Torment
  • Audio Books
    • The Scent of a Lie – audio
    • The Book of Catalogues
    • The Midwife of Torment – audio
    • Twenty Poems
    • notas de rodapé – audio
    • xx poemas
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    • O Perfume da Mentira
    • notas de rodapé
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New creative essay in Queen’s Quarterly

The Colours of Happiness, a new creative essay, published in the Winter issue of Queen’s Quarterly Review (Queen’s University in Ontario). Check it out. Winter 2021 Vol. 128 No. 4 From…

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December 18, 2021
News

Write – Short-Story

In their Fall 2012 edition of Write Magazine, The Writers Union of Canada has published the short-story Remember As You Go.

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November 19, 2012
Interviewing

Quincy Troupe – On Reading Like a Sleeping Pill

Quincy Troupe is a poet, journalist, and teacher. Two-time winner of the prestigious Heavyweight Champion of Poetry and winner of American Book Awards for both nonfiction (Miles: The Autobiography) and…

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September 23, 2011
  • Blog,  Fiction,  Interviewed,  Interviews,  News,  Short Stories,  Sudden Fiction

    Story on CKUA Radio

    January 16, 2021 /

    This week’s Blindman Brewing Session Story features the work of Calgary-based writer, editor, and translator, Paulo da Costa. Inspired by his winter walks through McHugh Bluff, In Motion explores the natural forces that shape our human endeavours and relationships. Listen at CKUA: To listen to this growing collection of stories, or check out these beautiful Super Stout labels, visit CKUA.com/sessionstories

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    Pleasant Troubles

    September 7, 2013

    All Lit Up – Flash Interview

    May 19, 2017

    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016
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    New Creative Essay in Prairie Fire

    October 24, 2020 /

    Fall 2020, Volume 41, No.3 $14.95 We’re all looking for a little more breathing space and something to hold on to during these troubled times. Living in a House on Fire asks how we live amidst the nameless despair that is constantly smouldering in the background of our lives. At times our despair rages like a forest fire as we grapple with the knowledge that we’re in the midst of mass extinction, leading to deep sadness, depression and anxiety. The stories, essays and poems in Living in a House on Fire give a voice to these worries, shine a light on the darkness humanity is facing, and offer a roadmap…

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    Mara Bettencourt sings poem by paulo da costa

    February 5, 2014

    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016

    All Lit Up – Flash Interview

    May 19, 2017
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    James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction

    June 8, 2020 /

    WGA CNF Award HR Winners of the 2020 Alberta Literary Awards The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Alberta Literary Awards. This year’s award winners were announced in an online video release on June 4th. The video is available to watch on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. This celebration marks the 38th anniversary of the Alberta Literary Awards and brought together writers from across Alberta.The Alberta Literary Awards were created by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta in 1982 to recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors. This year, jurors deliberated over 220 submissions to select winners in the following eight categories. James…

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    Unhurried & Meditative – A National Post review

    May 10, 2013

    Impressive Stories – Edmonton Journal

    November 23, 2012

    Obligatory reading for the North American Luso Diaspora – impressions by Diniz Borges

    December 8, 2015
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    New Audio Poem

    April 28, 2020 /

    Check out one of my audio poems in www.thismighthelp.ca ! For National Poetry Month enjoy these free short audio poems on the theme of resilience. There are poems by former Calgary poet laureates and by 35 other Calgary poets from the age 10 to seniors. There are experienced poets and people trying the form for the first time. There are high school writers, university writers, and folks with a raft of published books. There are raps, rants, love letters, howls of joy! Take a break, put in some ear buds, walk outside and take a listen. Enjoy!!!

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    All Lit Up – Flash Interview

    May 19, 2017

    Sharp and True – a book review by the Coastal Spectator

    May 23, 2013

    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016
  • Blog,  Crónicas,  Ensaio,  In Translation,  News,  Português

    Antologia – Avós: Raízes e Nós

    February 2, 2020 /

    O meu texto, As Velas de Novembro, foi incluído na Antologia: Avós: Raízes e Nós, uma obra Comemorativa do Dia dos Avós e publicada em Julho de 2020. A antologia foi selecionada pela Aida Baptista, Ilda Januário e Manuela Marujo Excerto “… Encontrávamo-nos em Novembro, o mês mais triste, decorado de nuvens cinzentas a lavar o mármore dos finados. As mil e uma velas enviavam as suas tranças de fumo para o além, e somente as flores iluminavam a terra, apesar das comovidas preces dos crentes a querer apaziguar a dor. Não obstante os cravos e os crisântemos, o céu e a terra permaneciam encharcados de sombras. Sob o teu…

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    Viva Da Costa

    November 22, 2012

    All My Relations: Reflections on Home

    December 11, 2016

    Sharp and True – a book review by the Coastal Spectator

    May 23, 2013
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    New creative essay in Riddle Fence

    January 20, 2020 /

    New essay published in Riddle Fence, In Search of Spring.   I am in the good company of Lindsay Bird, Alexandra Harvey, John Talbird, Beth Follet, Carmella Gray-Cosgrove and many more.

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    New essay in Queen’s Quarterly

    September 16, 2016

    Focus On Victoria – Magazine – w/ author paulo da costa

    July 8, 2017

    Impressive Stories – Edmonton Journal

    November 23, 2012
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    New creative essay in Gavea-Brown

    January 15, 2020 /

    GB.v42_01 I am in the good company of : ARTIGOS /ARTICLES 1 Vozes da décima ilha: Notas para a história da rádio em língua portuguesa na Califórnia – DINIZ BORGES 8 Visions of Festivities Thinking – PAUL J. MEDEIROS 31 Registo de luso-americanismos na escrita açoriana do século XIX – URBANO BETTENCOURT DIÁRIO /DIARY 33 “Jornal de viagem,” de Dutra Faria: Um olhar sobre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos em 1958 – DUARTE M. B. MENDONÇA 139 Diário da epidemia, Parte – JOÃO BENDITO NONFICTION /NÃO – FICÇÃO 158 Los Angeles – Um monólogo – HELDER ARAUJO 162 The Stones of Yesterday – PAULO DA COSTA 167 Alberto de…

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    Poetic & Lyrical – impressions by Irene Marques

    January 12, 2016

    Interview in Portuguese-American Review

    December 21, 2015

    Viva Da Costa

    November 22, 2012
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    The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings

    May 25, 2019 /

    ‘The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings’ – including a Foreword by Jim & Sue Waddington, and amazing Flash Fiction by authors: Mike Blouin, Carol Bruneau, paulo da costa, Alfred DePew, Tamas Dobozy, Valerie Fox, Travis Good, Mark Anthony Jarman, JJ Lee, Brett Loney, Lorette C. Luzajic, Yael Eytan Maree, Michael Mirolla, Isabella Mori, Nina Munteanu, Waubgeshig Rice, Dr.Robert Runte, Karen Schauber, Nina Shoroplova, Mireille Silcoff, Mary Thompson, and stunning full-colour reproductions by the Group of Seven Canadian Modernist Landscape Painters, is now available on Amazon.ca for pre-order! (Bogo – buy one gift one!) Huge Congratulations to all the Contributors!

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    May 19, 2017

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    November 16, 2012
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    New creative essay in Fiddlehead – Learning to Shave, Learning to Leave

    February 8, 2019 /

    Fiddlehead Introduction 6       Sue Sinclair: Winter 2020 Editorial Creative Nonfiction 48     Sherry Coffey: Hiking the Fundy Footpath 71     paulo da costa: Learning to Shave, Learning to Leave Fiction 7       Emily Bossé: The Most Beautiful Woman in New Brunswick Coming to a Field Near You 26     Shaelin Bishop: Barefoot 64     Diane Carley: Dead Reckoning 84     Shashi Bhat: Facsimile 100   Carmelinda Scian: The Disappeared   Poetry 20     Dani Couture: Two Poems 23     Marika Prokosh: Two Poems 39     Curtis LeBlanc: Two Poems 44     Katie Jordan: Return of the Monarchs 46     Allison LaSorda: Swarm 47     Jake Kennedy: Northrop Frye, Listening to…

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    November 23, 2012

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    New poem in Our Times

    February 8, 2019 /

    Poem – shooed out Visit the site here

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