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 better than the Action Books blog to do the work? Microreviews of poetry in translation coming at you every few months right here!       MAIda Börjel, Trans. Jennifer Hayashida Ugly Duckling Presse, 2023 336 pages $20.00   An early developmental, elemental sound, baby to care ..read more

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 poetry in translation, all the time! Coming at you at the end of each month.     poetry in action #41 from MOVIMIENTOS by Alberto Borea Translated by Sarah Swinwood These poems are rooted in the culture of the coastal city of Lima, which is heavily influenced by the weather: sunny during the summer months, shroud ..read more

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 fresh air like that suttle hole taking some suns Like that suttle hole moonlike and the woman where the wines amuse themselves their gestures fresh fresher in the redviolet breezes I quaffed There jumped into my lap on the back of a chestnut mule a hopelet of love “You snatched my bell!” “You stole my grapes!” “Why don’t you ask for them? I’d give them to you!” There jumped into my lap a hopele ..read more

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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 poetry in translation, all the time! Coming at you on the 20th of each month.             from Dear Beloved Humans: Selected Poems, out now with Lavender Ink / Diálogos     Three poems by Grzegorz Wróblewski, translated by Piotr Gwiazda             &nbs ..read more

      From Hope is Tanning on a Nudist Beach By Ethel Barja Cuyutupa       Hope is Tanning on a Nudist Beach is out now with Oversound!           Hope does not rise in the intimacy of the clouds and the sunlight. Hope always sinks you in a mysterious bowl with absent noodles that left brown marks in the bottom. The noodles were there and someone took them out, or that was just a ghost dish swallowing your breath and luring you to taste broth and void. Barefoot in these lines I lie down for a moment. Hope is an anachronistic love, a survi ..read more