"Lisbon made me in the same way Paris made Hemingway"
NEW BEDFORD – Just like writers Ernest Hemingway and Francis Scott Fitzgerald eyed Paris as a muse for their writings, New Bedford native Mat de Melo says he found his hotspot for creative inspiration in Lisbon. After relocating to the Portuguese capital eight years ago, Melo, 41, has penned three books. The latest one, titled “All The Moon Travellers,” has been translated into and published in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French. It will soon be available in Japanese. “I am just one of those New Bedford Portuguese kids who had a dream about moving to Europe and becoming a writer,...
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