From Portuguese Heritage Publications of California

Expanded English-Portuguese bilingual edition

 

MY CALIFORNIAN FRIENDS: POETRY

by Vasco Pereira da Costa

Translated by Katharine F. Baker and Diniz Borges

 

Acknowledgments

[Page under construction / Página sob construção]

 

Text credits:

  • Interview Tertúlia Açoriana - "Vasco Pereira da Costa, escritor e poeta: 'Não sou bancário, meu caro amigo'" Afonso Quental, 8 April 2010, Correio dos Açores [Regional], translated by Katharine Baker.

  • Other translations for this website by Katharine Baker in consultation with Dr. Bobby J. Chamberlain, Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Image credits:

  • Cover art for the book My Californian Friends by José Nuno da Câmara Pereira.

  • Vasco Pereira da Costa portrait with Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, skyline: courtesy Regional Government of the Azores, Portugal.

  • Katharine Baker portrait: by Joseph M. Newcomer.

  • José Nuno da Câmara Pereira portrait (above): courtesy IAC newsletter.

  • Dan Klein, Joe Newcomer, John Baker portrait (below): by Katharine Baker.

 

Website tech support:

  • Web hosting by Daniel V. Klein (l.) Computer & Security Consulting.

  • Computer support by Joseph M. Newcomer (c.) of Floundercraft Ltd.

  • Additional computer support by John Baker (r.).

Citations and online links to this book:

  • Azoriana/Açoriana [Blog terceirense by Rosa Maria Silva]: "Divulgo para conhecimento: Lançamento do novo livro bilingue," 03 Apr 2009; "Visitem, por favor, a página de Kathie Baker - My Californian Friends," 16 Apr 2009; "Muito Obrigada, Kathie," 16 Oct 2009; "My Californian Friends," 19 Oct. 2009

  • Comunidades [Blog edited by Irene Maria F. Blayer & Lélia Pereira da Silva Nunes]: "Portuguese Heritage Publications of California." 13 Oct 2009

  • Diário Insular: "'My Californian Friends', de Vasco Pereira da Costa: Poemas sobre emigração apresentados na Califórnia," 15 Aug 2009; "Defende Diniz Borges: Tradução de obras açorianas deve ser mais apoiada," 15 Aug 2009

  • Into Portugal: "Literature on Portuguese-American history on show at Tulare museum," 25 Sep 2009

  • Luso-Americano: "New Books on Portuguese American Heritage to be Shown at Tulare Museum," 11 Sep 2009, p. 43; Fernando Dutra, "Artesia, CA: Festejos em honra de Santo António," 09 Oct 2009, p. 31

  • Portuguese Steps: "Literature on Portuguese-American history on show at Tulare museum," 25 Sep 2009

  • Portuguese to Go: "Literature on Portuguese-American history on show at Tulare museum," 25 Sep 2009

  • Then & Now [Tulare City Historical Society newsletter]: "New Books in Museum Gift Shop," Fall 2009, p. 3

  • Tribuna Portuguesa: "Portuguese Heritage apresenta dois novos livros," 01 Sep 2009, p. 4; Maré Cheia: Álamo Oliveira, "My Californian Friends de Vasco Pereira da Costa," 15 Sep 2009, p. 26; Maré Cheia: Diniz Borges, "The Portuguese Presence in California: A Presença Portuguesa na Califórnia," 15 Sep 2009, pp. 26-27; "Apresentação de Livros," 01 Oct 2009, p. 13; Comunidades do Sul: Fernando Dutra, "Festa de Santo Antonio em Artesia," 15 Nov 2009, p. 8

 

My Californian Friends: Poetry, by Vasco Pereira da Costa

From the Colecção Décima Ilha (Tenth Island Collection)

Portuguese Heritage Publications of California

P.O. Box 32517, San Jose, California 95152

ISBN 978-0-9789994-7-6 / Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009925325

 

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