September 2023 | 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 #37 | From Kerstin Becker’s The Entire Hungry Darkness Surrounding, translated by Bradley Harmon
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 [...]
A Conversation with Vi Khi Nao & Jessica Alexander & Coco Picard
(Available from BlazeVOX) Coco Picard: What was it like to develop, compose, and revise a manuscript together? Did That Woman Could Be You begin from a conscious intention or did it come [...]
A Review of Liliana Ponce’s Fudekara, translated by Michael Martin Shea by Paul Cunningham
Fudekara (Cardboard House Press, 2022) Written during a Chinese ideograph calligraphy class over 14 days at the University of Buenos Aires, Liliana Ponce’s Fudekara (translated by Michael Martin Shea) presents a map with [...]
Action Books: Meet Our New Assistant Editors (2023-2024)
Camille Lendor Who are your favorite poets? My favorite poets are Claudia Rankine, Ted Hughes, Anne Carson, Denise Levertov, Mark Waldron, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Thomas Hardy. If you could only recommend three films, what [...]
poetry in action #36 | Six poems by Julia Fiedorczuk, translated by Bill Johnston
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 [...]