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Katherine Vaz “The Treasure Hunt of August Dias,” The Common magazine (Fall, 2020)
Katherine Vaz speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her short story “The Treasure Hunt of August Dias,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine. In this conversation, Vaz talks about her long career of writing novels and short stories about Portuguese and Portuguese-American characters, and their rich, complex communities. She also discusses her current project, a heavily researched historical novel about Portuguese immigrants set during the Civil War. Katherine Vaz is the author of the novels Saudade and Mariana, the latter translated in six languages. Her story collection…
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