My name is Olivia Cronk, and I am a poet and teacher in Chicago. I think that the first Action book I ever bought might have been Johannes Göransson’s 2005 translation of Aase Berg’s [now out-of-print] Remainland. I am [...]
poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. NOW MORE THAN EVER: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publishable poetry established by mainstream literary venues! Only [...]
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This week, Candice Wuehle (author of Death Industrial Complex) has shared with us her favorite titles from the Action Books catalogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36iP70THAjM Candice Wuehle is the author of the novels ULTRANATURAL (University of Iowa Press, 2026) and MONARCH (Soft Skull, 2022), named [...]
poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. NOW MORE THAN EVER: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publishable poetry established by mainstream literary venues! Only [...]
This week, Mike Corrao (author of Surface Studies) has shared with his favorite titles from the Action Books catalogue with Assistant Editor Miharu Yano: Flowers Among the Carrion by James Pate The Salvo Series has hosted some incredible pieces [...]
poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. NOW MORE THAN EVER: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publishable poetry established by mainstream literary venues! Only [...]
curated by Katherine M. Hedeen Reviewing poetry in translation recognizes translators as authors destabilizes narrow definitions of originality, authenticity, and authorship makes visible the artistry of translation is dissent, defiance, disobedience, subversion, solidarity Aase Berg. Aase's Death. Trans. [...]
