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Sharp and True – a book review by the Coastal Spectator
Collection’s stories are sharp and true May 23, 2013 The Green and Purple Skin of the World By paulo da costa Freehand Books, 208 pages, $21.95 Reviewed by Yasuko Thanh Born in Angola, raised in Portugal, paulo da costa won the Commonwealth First Book Prize in 2003 for his collection The Scent of a Lie. In The Green and Purple Skin of the World, his first book of short fiction in 10 years, language and its power form a thread through many of the stories and words are highlighted in entertaining characters such as Dona Branca, who collects newspaper clippings of disasters and glues them in an old photo album.…
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Nuno Júdice wins prestigious Spanish poetry prize
The jury for this year’s edition of Spain’s Queen Sofia Ibero-American Poetry Prize meets in the Royal Palace in Madrid before announcing its decision. Portugal’s Nuno Judice was named the recipient of this year’s award for a body of poetry that is “very well-crafted, of a refined classicism,” yet at the same time deeply committed to reality, poet and jury member Jaime Siles said. EFE Madrid, May 16 (EFE).- Portugal’s Nuno Judice was selected Thursday as the winner of this year’s edition of the Queen Sofia Ibero-American Poetry Prize. The president of Spain’s National Heritage agency, Jose Rodriguez-Spiteri, announced the jury’s decision in a statement at the Royal Palace. The…
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Writers on Reading: paulo da costa
Writers on Reading: paulo da costa What book is currently on your bedside table? I read several books concurrently. On my night table I always build a leaning Tower of Pisa made of books. I am reading Saunders, Dobozy, Galeano, Tranströmer, Ian Williams, J. Vigna, J. Donaldson, Shaun Tan, Mia Couto, Jori Graham and more. When and where do you like to read? Outdoors, in nature, preferably near moving water… otherwise in bed, preferably still. What was the last great book you read? Several come to mind. Out Stealing Horses-Per Petterson, Cloud Atlas-Mitchell, The Lizard Cage-Karen Connely, Blindness-Saramago, The Book of Chameleons –Agualusa. Was there a book that changed your…
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Literary Bites in Bits: A Short Story List by paulo da costa
Each book in this selection is sliced in bite-sized portions, yet none miss any of the essential vitamins and minerals, delivering satisfying nourishment despite their small portions. Think of them as power-bars. These six books share in common a succinct, power-charged delivery of texts in condensed servings that leave me purring and yummying with delight. For those readers, like me, who appreciate snacking, these works exemplify the type of book I carry around in my shoulder bag, to sneak, peek and bite into, while waiting in lines, while moving along the day-to-day river of busyness. (…) Complete feature here
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Story in Nashwaak Review
The Nashwaak Review (Vol. 28-29) from St. Thomas University in New Brunswick published in their latest issue the short-story: The Weight of Memory. TABLE OF CONTENTS Fiction Common Signs of Spring Andrea Schwenke Wyile The Auction Ann Lohner Lila Barbara Biles Shades of Grey Catherine Brunet Dolly Jonathan Greenbaum Visa Edward Gauvin The Tin Container Jeffrey Griffiths Dancing At the White Rose Ballroom Leanne Lieberman We All Considered This Sean Johnston August 5th Marnie Lamb Métisse Pascal Millet Bullfight Roger Moore Mary Had A Lamb P. J. Worrell The Weight of Memory paulo da costa Cardboard Genome Greg Shupak What We Know About Our Neighbors Tom Wayman Culture Shocks…
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New Story in Rampike
Rampike, the University of Windsor’s Literary Magazine, has just published in their latest issue (Vol 22/ N.1) one of my new works of fiction. Vol. 22/No. 1 (Re-recorded Histories): Carol Stetser, Phil Hall, Diane Schoemperlen, Collete Broeders & Samantha Therrien, Niels Hav, Alison Dilworth, Stephen Bett, Faruk Ulay, Brenda F. Pelkey, Norman Lock, Vittori Baroni, Christopher Prendergast & Joseph Hubbard, Hélène Samson & Guy Sioui-Durand & Norman Cornett & Edward Sheriff Curtis, Holly Anderson, Paulo da Costa, M.A.C. Farrant, Joanna Katchutas & Christina Spina, Kye Kocher, Brian Aldiss & Misha Nogha & Richard Truhlar, Orchid Tierney, Gerry Smith, Beatriz Hausner, Robert Dawson, Len Gasparini, Vicky Reuter, Nicole Markoti? & Meredith…
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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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At Home in Two Cultures
A citizen of the world examines his multicultural identity paulo da costa, in conversation with Fernanda Viveiros In the words of Saint Augustine, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” It could be said that writer paulo da costa has read many pages since immigrating to Canada in the late 1980s. Born in Luanda, Angola, and raised in Portugal, paulo has traveled throughout Europe and Brazil, lived in Calgary and on Cortes Island, and recently touched down in Silverton, a tiny hamlet in the Kootenay mountains. Now settled in Victoria, he is preparing to leave for a month-long stay in Portugal where…
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À Janela – fado and poems (bilingual)
This coffee table book celebrates Portuguese singers, from Mariza to Dulce Pontes, and contains a series of portrait paintings by Maria Miranda Lawrence accompanied by a selection of bilingual poetry which includes two excerpts from a poem: relinquishing the light by paulo da costa. This book is a gem with over fifty inspirational paintings and poems. Twelve talented singers are featured in paintings “À Janela” – the Portuguese phrase for – at or by the window.These singers represent Portuguese music from rural folk to urban Fado.The association with the window is used as a metaphor to express the various moods and contrasts of life. There are many references to the…
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Ellipse – Translations
ellipse magazine in their issue n. 84-85 has just published a feature of Contemporary Brazilian Writing in Translation. You can find paulo da costa’s translations of Reynaldo Valinho Alvarez and Moacyr Scliar in this issue.
