Author Archives: thetorzorean

For over twenty years I helped my mother display her presépio and each year she would tell me that it would be her last until finally it was. However you celebrate the season, I wish you a Feliz Natal and … Continue reading →

My father, Antonio Cabral de Melo at Mary Lake, June 17, 1990   “Tell me about your father.” So writes Anthony de Sa at the end of More than a King, his Substack essay about his complicated relationship with his … Continue reading →

As hortênsias no fim de verão continuam com a sua beleza na Ponta da Madrugada, São Miguel, Açores. Hydrangea at the end of summer, still beautiful. Photos taken on a pleasant day in October, 2012.

Joel Neto’s Jénifer, ou a Princesa da França, As ilhas (realmente) desconhecidas translated into English by Diniz Borges and Katharine F. Baker, as Jénifer, or a French Princess, The (Truly) Unknown Islands,” published by Letras Lavadas, has been nominated for … Continue reading →

The title of Julie Costa Langley’s semi-bilingual (Portuguese) children’s book, What Is Saudade? captured my attention for many reasons but at first only because of the beautiful wistful cover of a young girl resting her arms on a car window … Continue reading →

Memória: An Anthology of Portuguese Canadian Writers, edited by Fernanda Viveiros and published in 2013 was an important debut collection that introduced, perhaps for the first time in English, Canadian writers of Portuguese origin or descent to the literary scene. … Continue reading →

When I read Descobri que era Europeia: Impressões duma viagem à América ­- Natália Correia’s trip to America in 1950 – it was with the knowledge that I would be collaborating with Katharine F. Baker on our English translation of … Continue reading →

Today I felt like revisiting a short piece of writing I did in 2004 and published by my friend Lise Watson, founder and editor of the magazine ‘Twas (Toronto World Arts Scene), in Volume 8, issue One January/February 2004. I am … Continue reading →

trust the bluer skies: Meditations on Fatherhood by paulo da costa It had been a while since I last saw you and I was eager to see you again, this time on a cold February night at Casa do Alentejo … Continue reading →

Devin Meireles is a young Portuguese-Canadian writer whose two self-published books celebrate his love of family, The Portuguese Immigrant: Atlantic Heritage Story, and his love of the place his family comes from. Finding Madeira is his latest book. You can … Continue reading →