" Reflexivities in homoerotic relations " compares Al Berto's work with that of João Gilberto Noll, focusing on their portrayals of queer subjectivity.
" Al Berto: Circumnavigating feelings " offers a study of his books Salsugem and Horto de Incêndio through the lens of melancholy. Biographical & Media Perspectives
This CEEOL article examines the identity crises of narrators in three of his short stories written in French: Salive , Hôtel de la gare , and Le navigateur du soleil incandescent .
Here are several articles and scholarly works that explore his life and writing: Literary & Scholarly Articles