I’m delighted and grateful to see my short story, “Clinging to Life’s Illusions,” in Gávea- Brown: A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-North American Letters and Studies, published by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University.

Here’s the link to my short story.

Abstract:

This story follows José, a sixty-year-old professor who becomes consumed by an intense infatuation with Adam, a young university student, leading him to neglect his long-term partner Josh and his professional responsibilities. His obsessive fantasy about pursuing this unattainable young man briefly revitalizes his sense of being alive, only to collapse when a chance encounter reveals the futility of his desires.

Esta história acompanha José, um professor de sessenta anos que se torna consumido por uma intensa paixão por Adam, um jovem estudante universitário, levando-o a negligenciar seu parceiro de longa data Josh e suas responsabilidades profissionais. Sua fantasia obsessiva sobre perseguir este jovem inatingível revitaliza brevemente seu sentido de estar vivo, apenas para desmoronar quando um encontro casual revela a futilidade de seus desejos.

“Gávea- Brown: A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-North American Letters and Studies is published by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. The journal was founded in 1980 as part of Gávea- Brown Publications, a publishing house dedicated to making Portuguese literature and culture better known in the English-speaking world. The journal’s mission is to publish works relating to the Portuguese experience in North America. The scope is broad, including editorially reviewed academic articles, documents, interviews, translations, book reviews, and creative works. In 2018, the Gávea- Brown journal, until then a leading journal published only in print, shifted to online publication in order to expand access to Portuguese-North American literature and studies.”