Is Neo-Decadence the New Real?: On Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos by Paul Cunningham
I'm very excited to have contributed the "American Poetry" manifesto to the all-new anthology Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos (Snuggly Books, 2021)—edited by Justin Isis. You can read excerpts from all 12 manifestos in a recent post [...]
The Symphonic Tongue: A Review of Giancarlo Huapaya’s Sub Verse Workshop, Translated by Ilana Dann Luna by Honora Spicer
“Don’t ignore what’s sliding down your thighs” (19) the workshop bids, implicating and immediate. Sub Verse Workshop is formed as an Abecedary of trainings with the poet’s ‘I’s. The goal is not to make multiple [...]
poetry in action #17 | Aleš Šteger Translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry
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 [...]
Poesía en acción Special Feature | Interview with Michelle Gil-Montero on translating Valerie Mejer Caso’s Edinburgh Notebook by Katherine M. Hedeen
Valerie Mejer Caso's Edinburgh Notebook (Available March 1, 2021!) Katherine M. Hedeen: How did you encounter Mejer Caso's poetry? This is the second book you've translated by her. Have your translations of [...]
from HXRXSY by Ava Hofmann
Originally from Oxford, Ohio, Ava Hofmann is a trans writer currently living and working in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has poems published in or forthcoming from Poetry Daily, Black Warrior Review, [...]
Catastrophizing Cliché: On Helena Boberg’s Sense Violence by Valerie Virginia Vargas
Sense Violence, particularly the titular poem, moves through days. It has a beginning, middle, and end of “Summer” as a season. It gets hot, sticky, and uncomfortable. Flowers are blooming and people are stripped to [...]