Among Pereira's literary influences are poets Philip Levine, Peter Everwine, C.G. Hanzlicek, Robert Mezey, Norman Dubie, David St. John and the late Larry Levis.
Among Pereira's literary influences are poets Philip Levine, Charles Wright, Richard Hugo, Mark Strand, and Norman Dubie. His contemporaries include David St. John and the late Larry Levis.