Video: Magazine Launch of Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, No.83

Americas Society celebrated its latest issue of Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas —“Cityscapes of Rio and Bahia”—with comments by editor Daniel Shapiro (Americas Society) and guest editors Elizabeth Lowe and Peggy Sharpe, and bilingual readings by Brazilian writers João Paulo Cuenca (Corpo presente), Ana Maria Machado (Tropical sol da liberdade), Lande Onawale (O vento), and Helena Parente Cunha (Woman Between Mirrors). In English and Portuguese with bilingual readings.

With the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, the Brazilian Endowment for the Arts, The Graduate Center, CUNY, and InterAmericas®.

Review 83 features articles by leading scholars—including the guest editors above as well as Earl E. Fitz, Charles A. Perrone, Cecilia Rêgo, and Nelson H. Vieira—on a breadth of topics relating to literature from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia (Salvador). The issue also showcases fiction, poetry, song lyrics, and essays by the participating writers above as well as Chico Buarque, Dorival Caymmi, Jonatas Conceição, Sonia Coutinho, Gregório de Matos, Vinícius de Moraes, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, João Ubaldo Ribeiro and others. The issue features arts pieces on the current Americas Society exhibition Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent!, an essay on ecclesiastical music during the Vargas regime, and book reviews of recent titles in translation.

The Literature Program is made possible by the generous support of Honorary Benefactor Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat and The Reed Foundation. The Fall 2011 season is also made possible in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.