A Presence for Portuguese-North American Writings

Presence/Presença provides a community for North American writers of the Portuguese diaspora. The group was formed in June 2011 at the DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal, in response to the relative absence of Luso-American voices in contemporary letters. 


Join us, like us and keep in touch with us on social media:

Facebook Fan Page for Presence/Presença: A Community for North American Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora is available. http://www.facebook.com/groups/PresencePresenca/ .

Watch our public FaceBook fan page for announcements and updates about upcoming events and publications by writers from around North America. We'll also share links to videos and articles about past events. 

You can also find highlights from some past group readings available on YouTube Channel: PresencePresenca.

 "The Portuguese are the unknown people. We are lost in this vast country. No one knows we are here. To be Portuguese in America is to be a stone dropped in the middle of the ocean."

--Charles Reis Felix, Da Gama, Cary Grant and the Election of 1934

Poems for Grace/Poemas para Graçietta

A sunset literary reading dedicated to Provincetown, MA teacher, poet & activist Grace Gouveia Collinson. Followed by a short film: Grace Go…

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September 29, 2012  |  

Home/Where I'm From

Poets Corner Open Mic is celebrating Cultural Diversity this month with "Home/Where I'm From" as its theme.

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August 21, 2012  |  

José Luís Peixoto in Newark, NJ

A reading by writer José Luís Peixoto in the Ironbound section of Newark.

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June 11, 2012  |