Nacida en Telica, Nicaragua, Esthela Calderón es una poeta y artista visual, autora de Soledad (2002), que ganó el primer premio en el concurso Juegos Florales Centroamericanos, Belice y Panamá, Amor y conciencia (2004), el libro pionero de poesía etnobotánica Soplo de corriente vital (2008), Coyol quebrado (2012), Los huesos de mi abuelo (2013), Las manos que matan (2016), la antología bilingüe de su poesía seleccionada Los huesos de mi abuelo (2018) y Leyenda urbana (2019).
Su poesía ha sido antologizada en Ayahuasca Reader: Encuentros con las Amazonas Sacred Vine , así como El consumo de lo que somos: muestra de poesía ecológica hispánica contemporánea , Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology y The Latin American Eco-Cultural Reader . Ha publicado en las revistas World Literature Today (Universidad de Oklahoma), Translation Review (Universidad de Texas, Dallas: número especial sobre nueva literatura latinoamericana), Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas (Americas Society-New York), y ISLA.
Su trabajo como artista visual se presentó en exposiciones individuales en la galería de arte del Edificio Municipal del Condado de St. Lawrence en Potsdam, Nueva York.
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Born in Telica, Nicaragua, Esthela Calderón is a poet and visual artist who is the author of Soledad (2002), which won first prize in the Juegos Florales Centroamericanos, Belice y Panamá competition, Amor y conciencia (2004), the pioneering book of ethnobotanical poetry Soplo de corriente vital (2008), Coyol quebrado (2012), Los huesos de mi abuelo (2013), Las manos que matan (2016), the bilingual anthology of her selected poetry The Bones of My Grandfather (2018) and Leyenda urbana (2019).
Her poetry has been anthologized in Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon´s Sacred Vine, as well as El consumo de lo que somos: muestra de poesía ecológica hispánica contemporánea, Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology and The Latin American Eco-Cultural Reader. She has published in the journals World Literature Today (University of Oklahoma), Translation Review (University of Texas, Dallas: special issue on new Latin American literature), Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas (Americas Society-New York), and ISLE.
Her work as a visual artist was featured in individual exhibitions at the art gallery of the Municipal Building of St. Lawrence County in Potsdam, New York. She currently works as an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Modern Languages at St. Lawrence University.
The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence IS HERE!
Join us for the book launch and be enchanted by a sharing of stories, dialogue, music and inspiration.
Una jornada de cocreación de historias, reflexiones, imágenes y sonidos sobre nuestra relación con las plantas.
Uma jornada de co-criação, reflexões, imagens e sons sobre a nossa relação com as plantas.
An online symposium that brings The Mind of Plants contributors together to share their reflections and various learnings with plants.
Stories, poetry and sound across a diversity of human languages and geographical landscapes. Come and join us!