Luso-American Literature: Writings by Portuguese-speaking Authors in North AmericaRobert Henry Moser, Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also established vibrant communities in the U.S. This anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of these diverse Portuguese-speaking, or "Luso-American" voices. Historically linked by language, colonial experience, and cultural influence, yet ethnically distinct, Luso-Americans have often been labeled an "invisible minority." This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures--immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners. It is an unprecedented gathering of published, unpublished, forgotten, and translated writings by a transnational community that both defies the stereotypes of ethnic literature, and embodies the drama of the immigrant experience. |
Contents
PORTUGUESE VOICES | 1 |
John Philip Sousa | 17 |
Selected Poetry Frank X Gaspar | 57 |
Fado Katherine Vaz | 69 |
Feast Amy SayreRoberts | 81 |
Selected Poetry Thomas J Braga | 94 |
The Death of Mae Ramos Julian Silva | 101 |
Only a Boy Anthony De Sa | 110 |
The American Dream Angela Bretas | 241 |
The Scream of the Lamb in New York Tereza Albues | 253 |
Diary of a Cockroach Henfil | 259 |
A Brazilian in Uncle Sams Troops Carlos Stozek Filho | 267 |
The News from America | 277 |
Samba Dreamers Kathleen de Azevedo | 285 |
The Sanctuary Regina Rheda | 294 |
Cowboy Music Lidia Santos | 300 |
Selected Poetry Olga Cabral | 119 |
The Americans Charles Reis Felix | 128 |
Selected Crônicas Onésimo T Almeida | 136 |
Selected Poetry Jorge de Sena | 142 |
A Name of Ones Own José Francisco Costa | 153 |
bRAZILIAN VOICES | 167 |
Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 220 |
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