Blue Collars, a compelling story about growing up during the late 1950s and 1960s in a New Bedford, Massachusetts working-class family, by writer and artist Catherine McLaughlin will be published by Spinner Publications in April. Check out the excerpt below and be sure to follow Catherine on GoodReads and Read more…
This essay was originally published in Portuguese Spinner: An American Story, edited by Marsha L. McCabe and Joseph D. Thomas. Portuguese Sausage Makers The Stories of Furtado and Gaspar Linguiça Companies by Tracy A. Furtado In the days of the ice man, the rag man and the coal man, when most Read more…
From the Spinner Archives “Coming to America: Interview with Maria Tomasia” by Paula T. Beech was originally published as part of Portuguese Spinner: An American Story. Beech’s interview covers various topics in Maria’s journey; her upbringing on São Miguel, experiences as a young immigrant in New Bedford, and her career in Read more…
From the Spinner Archives “Coming to America: Interview with Maria Tomasia” by Paula T. Beech was originally published as part of Portuguese Spinner: An American Story. Beech’s interview covers various topics in Maria’s journey; her upbringing on São Miguel, experiences as a young immigrant in New Bedford, and her career in Read more…
From the Spinner Archives “Coming to America: Interview with Maria Tomasia” by Paula T. Beech was originally published as part of Portuguese Spinner: An American Story. Beech’s interview covers various topics in Maria’s journey; her upbringing on São Miguel, experiences as a young immigrant in New Bedford, and her career in Read more…
From the Spinner Archives “Coming to America: Interview with Maria Tomasia” by Paula T. Beech was originally published as part of Portuguese Spinner: An American Story. Beech’s interview covers various topics in Maria’s journey; her upbringing on São Miguel, experiences as a young immigrant in New Bedford, and her career in Read more…
From the Spinner Archives The essay, “The Construction of Immigrant Identity” written by professors Bela Feldman-Bianco and Donna Huse was originally published as part of Portuguese Spinner: An American Story. The book, edited by Marsha McCabe and Joseph D. Thomas, was first published in 1998 and features stories of history, Read more…
From the Spinner Archives The essay, “The Construction of Immigrant Identity” written by professors Bela Feldman-Bianco and Donna Huse was originally published as part of Portuguese Spinner: An American Story. The book, edited by Marsha McCabe and Joseph D. Thomas, was first published in 1998 and features stories of history, Read more…
From the Spinner Archives The essay, “The Construction of Immigrant Identity” written by professors Bela Feldman-Bianco and Donna Huse was originally published as part of Portuguese Spinner: An American Story. The book, edited by Marsha McCabe and Joseph D. Thomas, was first published in 1998 and features stories of history, Read more…
From the Spinner Archives The selection below, “The Living Conditions of the Portuguese in New Bedford” was included in Spinner People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts: Volume IV. The essay was part of a larger chapter entitled “The Portuguese in New England,” which was originally planned as a standalone book Read more…