Action Books | Meet Our New Assistant Editors (2024-2025) Daryna Gladun and Helen Quah
Daryna Gladun Who are some of your favorite poets? Federico García Lorca, Wisława Szymborska, Charles Simic, Oleh Lysheha, Ilya Kaminsky. If you could only recommend one film to someone, what would it be and [...]
From Amelia Rosselli’s Document, translated by Roberta Antognini and Deborah Woodard
From Document Provenance of caoutchouc I see a portrait that was mine on the paneled wall, the small roses (masturbated drawings) the wall appearing to whiten my body in the yellowish evening light. Sense [...]
April 2024 | Action Books Micro-Reviews of Poetry in Translation
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 Where [...]
poetry in action #41 | From MOVIMIENTOS by Alberto Borea, Translated by Sarah Swinwood
poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. It has three rallying cries: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publishable poetry established [...]
Poesía en acción #35: Three Poems by Berta García Faet and Translator Kelsi Vanada
Three Poems by Berta García Faet and Translator Kelsi Vanada I drew near the bestest of trees so they’d rain down their shadows over my hair and their breezes which I took like fresh [...]
Poetry in Action #40 | From Naseem Alavi’s Transing Translation
poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. It has three rallying cries: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publishable poetry established [...]