Category Archives: Interesting Articles Found on the Web

News, articles and blog entries that have caught my eye

Portugal Invents Cork Stamp

I just found this fascinating little post about cork stamps. Portugal is well known for it’s mass cork production but cork trees are branching out (excuse the rather obvious pun!) into a whole new adventure.

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Words Without Borders – Portuguese Special

Words Without Borders is an online magazine dedicated to literature from around the world. Their aim is to make people aware of the enormous variety of international writing by translating those works and making them available to everyone through promotion and publishing. It’s a terrific site where you could quite easily lose a few days by reading the vast amount of material posted there.

Their current issue features writing from the Portuguese world spanning Portugal, Africa and Brazil. You’ll find excerpts of books, poetry and interviews. I love the poem by Manoel De Barros and I am listening to a mix by DJ Spooky who is also featured on the site.  There is also a delightful piece by Teolinda Gersão called “The Woman Who Stole the Rain” which is beautifully written.

Take a look – Words Without Borders

Jose Saramago – Portuguese Novelist

The New York Times is currently running a fantastic and very long article on this famous writer.

Read the full article -Source The New York Times