This launch of the Eco-Literature and Arts issue of Review, which culminates the three-evening eco-literature symposium, features comments by editor Daniel Shapiro and guest editor Steven F. White (St. Lawrence University), who will discuss the conception and development of the issue. The event also features bilingual poetry and fiction readings by contributing writers who explore the topic in their creative work, specifically, Homero Aridjis, from Mexico; Astrid Cabral, from Brazil; Esthela Calderón, from Nicaragua; Leonel Lienlaf, from Chile; and Juan Carlos Galeano, from Colombia/USA.

The symposium opened with a keynote lecture by Mexican writer Homero Aridjis and continued a panel on eco-literature with scholars Laura Barbas Rhoden, Sofia Kearns, Jeremy Larochelle, and Christopher M. Travis.

The second evening of the Eco-Literature in Latin America symposium continues with a panel on eco-literature among indigenous and other communities and locations in Amazonia as well as its representation in specific literary works by writers including Homero Aridjis and Ana Cristina Rossi, as well as scholars Laura Barbas Rhoden, Sofia Kearns, Jeremy Larochelle, and Christopher M. Travis, all of whose articles appear in Review 85 (Eco-Literature and Arts). Panel in English.

The symposium opened with a keynote lecture by Mexican writer Homero Aridjis and concludes with the launch of Review 85, featuring guest editor Steven F. White and contributing writers Homero Aridjis, Astrid Cabral, Esthela Calderón, Juan Carlos Galeano, and Leonel Lienlaf.

With the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.

This keynote lecture inaugurated Americas Society’s Eco-Literature in Latin America symposium. Homero Aridjis, distinguished Mexican poet, novelist, and essayist, as well as an environmental activist, founded the international organization Grupo de los Cien (Group of 100), which has defended monarch butterflies, sea turtles, gray whales, and forests, and has addressed air pollution and other environmental concerns. In English.

The symposium continues with a panel on eco-literature with scholars Laura Barbas Rhoden, Sofia Kearns, Jeremy Larochelle, and Christopher M. Travis. The symposium concludes with the launch of Review 85, featuring guest editor Steven F. White and contributing writers Homero Aridjis, Astrid Cabral, Esthela Calderón, Juan Carlos Galeano, and Leonel Lienlaf.

Homero Aridjis (b. 1940, Contepec, Michoacán, Mexico) is one of Latin America’s most prominent writers. He has served as president of PEN International (1997-2003) and as Mexico’s ambassador to Switzerland, the Netherlands, and UNESCO.

With the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.