Title Information (lang="eng")

Title

Interview with author Carlo Matos

Title Information (lang="por")

Title

Entrevista com o autor Carlo Matos

Name: Personal

Name Part

Freitas, Vamberto

Role

Role Term: Text (marcrelator)

interviewer

Role Term: Text (marcrelator)

author

Name: Personal

Name Part

Matos, Carlos

Role

Role Term: Text (marcrelator)

interviewee

Role Term: Text (marcrelator)

author

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interviews

Language (usage="primary")

Language Term: Code (iso639)

eng

Physical Description

Extent (unit="pages")

19

digitalOrigin

born digital

Abstract (lang="eng")

This interview with the Portuguese-American author and professor Carlo Matos explores his life and literary career, focusing on the recurrent themes of ancestral memory and identity in his work. Matos discusses the profound influence of the Azores (specifically São Miguel), contrasting its vibrant natural life and sense of myth with the perceived inauthenticity of American suburbia where he grew up. He details the development of his poetics, from the persona poems of A School for Fishermen—influenced by the theater and Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms—to the use of prose poetry, pop culture, and humor in Counting Sheep till Doomsday, emphasizing a narrative approach that rejects the conventional conflict-and-resolution structure. The conversation also covers his personal and literary visibility as a bisexual/poly author with the novel As Malcriadas: or Names We Inherit, which Matos uses to challenge erasure and advocate for authentic, complex representations of non-monogamous and queer relationships. Finally, Matos reflects on the artistic struggle, the necessity of hard work, and the importance of abandoning "wrong dreams" in the pursuit of a meaningful life and creative practice.

Abstract (lang="por")

Esta entrevista com o autor e professor Carlo Matos, luso-americano, explora a sua vida e carreira literária, focando-se nos temas recorrentes de memória ancestral e identidade na sua obra. Matos discute a profunda influência dos Açores (especificamente São Miguel), contrastando a sua vida natural vibrante e sentido de mito com a percebida inautenticidade dos subúrbios americanos onde cresceu. Detalha o desenvolvimento da sua poética, desde os poemas de persona de A School for Fishermen—influenciados pelo teatro e pelos heterónimos de Fernando Pessoa—até ao uso de poesia em prosa, cultura pop e humor em Counting Sheep till Doomsday, enfatizando uma abordagem narrativa que rejeita a estrutura convencional de conflito e resolução. A conversa aborda também a sua visibilidade pessoal e literária como autor bissexual/poli com o romance As Malcriadas: or Names We Inherit, que Matos usa para desafiar o apagamento e defender representações autênticas e complexas de relações não-monogâmicas e queer. Finalmente, Matos reflete sobre a luta artística, a necessidade de trabalho árduo e a importância de abandonar "sonhos errados" na busca de uma vida significativa e prática criativa.

Subject

Topic (LCSH) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105332")

Portuguese American literature

Subject

Topic (LCSH) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057485")

Cultural identity

Geographic (naf) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50000028")

Azores

Subject

Topic (Local) (lang="eng")

Writing process

Subject

Topic (LCSH) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014412")

Bisexuality

Subject

Topic (Local) (lang="eng")

Ancestral Memory

Subject

Topic (Local) (lang="por")

Literatura luso-americana

Subject

Topic (Local) (lang="por")

Identidade Açoriana

Subject

Topic (Local) (lang="por")

Processo de Escrita

Subject

Topic (Local) (lang="por")

Bissexualidade

Subject

Topic (Local) (lang="por")

Memória Ancestral

Part

Part Detail: volume

Part Number

50

Part Caption

vol.

Part Detail: issue

Part Number

2

Part Caption

no.

Extent (unit="page")

Start

94

End

112

Origin Information

Place

Place Term: Code (MARC Country Code)

riu

Place

Place Term: Text

Providence, RI

Publisher

Brown University

Date Issued

December 2025

Date Issued (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")

2025-12

Related Item: Host

Title Information (lang="eng")

Title

Gávea-Brown

Part Number

vol. 50

Part Number

no. 2

Identifier: DOI

10.26300/w1s0-dc23