VI KHI NAO: How is your toilet? PAUL CUNNINGHAM: My toilet is now in its proper place. Thank you for asking. VKN: Usually I don’t begin with such a private inquiry on such a fixed receptacle, but why not here, [...]
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 by mainstream literary venues! Only [...]
AN IMAGE TO DEGRADE THE MIRROR: my eye is a wolf’s mouth. A man, nude, marbled, kneels in the darkened sanctuary of a church. His back arches, prickles. He is electrocuted, awakened to life [...]
From Book of the Cold By Antonio Gamoneda Translated by Katherine M. Hedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez (Forthcoming from World Poetry Books) I recall the cold of daybreak, the insect circles over motionless cups, the [...]
Ukraine 1986: pathways New Mexico, 1945: the boneshaker's children Nagasaki 1945: afterwind Hiroshima 1945: 700 mg Notes [...]
Aristilde Kirby is a being constellation of given human category: a poet, artist, thinker & more born in the Bronx, NY. She has been featured in Artforum & as a [...]
Vi Khi Nao is the author of six poetry collections: Fish Carcass (Black Sun Lit, 2022), A Bell Curve Is A Pregnant Straight Line (11:11 Press, 2021), Human Tetris (11:11 Press, 2019) Sheep Machine (Black [...]
[The Action Books Editors and Advisory Editors share their favorite books of poetry in translation published in 2021.] In alphabetical order: prepoems in postspanish and other poems by Jorgenrique Adoum, translated by Katherine M. Hedeen and [...]
Our year-end list of your favorite Action Books Blog Posts is here! We're so grateful for our dedicated readers and contributors! (I remain especially grateful to anyone who still believes in the importance of reviewing!) Thank you for your continued [...]
(Now available from Inside the Castle) The dimensions of the text are reminiscent of a brick or a VHS tape—something small & dense that you could use to break a window. - Inside is Christopher Norris’ Hunchback [...]