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Climate Change

Clouds drift above a thick forest

Photo by Chris Ford on Flickr

Art, Literature, and Collective Earth Aesthetics

By Mixe Communal Networks

At the end of the twenty-second century and in the midst of the explosion of what people across many parts of the world spontaneously began to refer to as “collective earth aesthetics,” it is perhaps disconcerting to return to a discussion of art and…

Translated from Ayuujk/Mixe by Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil & JD Pluecker

Multilingual

On the Periphery

By Larissa Kyzer

The scope of the topics explored in this issue is, therefore, necessarily broad without being comprehensive.

Toward Our Common Destruction: Humans and the Environment

By Eric M. B. Becker

The protagonist of this month’s work is the natural world in its multitudes.

In Puget Sound

By Isabel Zapata

before their paths divided, they formed, together, three glints of light and shadow moving on at last

Translated from Spanish by Robin Myers

Being Mangrove: Eliseu Cavalcante in Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil

By Eliseu Cavalcante

In Being Mangrove, Eliseu Cavalcante explores the relationship between humans and the mangrove forests of Bahia, Brazil.

The Sky’s Seams Burst

Rain was no longer rain!

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

Tsunami Blues

By Markéta Pilátová

The shock that was yet to come had long ago passed her by.

Translated from Czech by Sára Foitová

Elephant

O, it is a defeated god, approaching the dusk of time.

Translated from Chinese by Xin Xu

Climates: On Environment

By Susan Harris

Global warming manifests in obvious ways.

The Water Man

By Ariadna Castellarnau

“Get it through your head: God and me, we’re the same person.”

Translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West

Farewell to the White Giants

By Andri Snær Magnason

Chaos is not confined to the glacier’s edge.

Translated from Icelandic by Lytton Smith

All Trash on the Eastern Side

By Duanwad Pimwana

What use is it for us humans to cling to our freedom in the midst of all this trash?

Translated from Thai by Mui Poopoksakul

Climate Fiction for Climate Action

No single means of communication can be solely effective, because climate change is such a “wicked” problem—it is truly planetary in scale.

Liberty and Hope

By Francisco de la Mora

So this is how it all ends . . .

Translated from Spanish by Nina Perrotta