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This interview took place in San Francisco at the home of Julian Silva during two sessions in November, 2011. Julian talks about family life as he was growing up in San Lorenzo in the East Bay. This was the source for his two novels, The Gunnysack Castle and The Death of Mae Ramos, in the fictional town of San Oriel (published together recently as Distant Music by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth). And he talks about his links to Azorean culture. As he mentions, “We lived in a town that didn’t have a movie house, didn’t have anything. It had the IDES hall.” We learn of his early interest in fiction writing; and he talks about his short stories, novels, and the novella “Move Over, Scopes.” We also learn of his interesting years of teaching and traveling.

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Julian Silva: Novelist and Short Story Writer
Creator
Silva, Julian, interviewee
Warrin, Don, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 2012
Full Collection Name
Portuguese in California Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Community and Identity
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Oral histories.
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The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
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Silva, Julian. "Julian Silva: Novelist and Short Story Writer." Interview by Don Warrin in 2011. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2012.
Interview date(s) 2011
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