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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Apr 8

Antonio Gamoneda's Burn the Losses

(trans. @hedeenk.bsky.social and Victor R Nunez)

  “The greatest living poet in the Spanish language.”
– Raúl Zurita

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Antonio Gamoneda, Burn the Losses • Action Books

Burn the Losses By Antonio Gamoneda Translated by Katherine M. Hedeen and Victor Rodríguez Núñez ISBN: 978-0-900575-24-2 | 88 pages | Price: $18 | Release Date: 4/15/2025 “The light boils beneath my e...

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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Apr 7

New Action Books titles - Antonio Gamoneda, ML Martin, Ghayath Almadhoun - now on sales on our website: All three books for 40 bucks.

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2025 Subscription: 3 Books for $40! • Action Books

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Mar 28

@hedeenk.bsky.social : “Consistency is important, particularly if your poet works in categories.”

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Mar 28

@hedeenk.bsky.social : “There’s a real trend (in Latin America) toward commodifying poems to compete with prose, so I seek out poets who write against that trend—not just writing poems but writing poetry.”

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Mar 28

@hedeenk.bsky.social “American readers want a special kind of poet—someone who is ‘Rah-Rah revolution’ or ‘down with the revolution.’”

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Mar 28

And we’re back from #AWP25, live-blogging “Poetry at Large: the Joys and Perils of Translating Long Poems from @littranslate.bsky.social , ft. WWB-er Edith Adams, Conor Bracken, @hedeenk.bsky.social , Derick Matern, and WWB-er Mira Rosenthal!

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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Mar 24

"The Art Life": Joyelle has an article up at Poetry Foundation about Tove Ditlevsen (and David Lynch).

www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/166...

The Art Life

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

www.poetryfoundation.org

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Paul Cunningham @p-cunning.bsky.social · Mar 25

Notre Dame invites applications for a full-time one-year visiting assistant professorship in #CreativeWriting - #Poetry to begin August 25, 2025. Secondary expertise in translation; multilingual or international writing; and/or hybrid forms is optimal.

Learn more:
apply.interfolio.com/165208

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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Mar 20

"In the month of October I witnessed
the inimitable vibration of the wings of a hummingbird."

Action Books @actionbooks.bsky.social · Mar 20

“the night opens and falls
a womb
in the deserts”

3 poems from Chus Pato’s award-winning Sonora,
tr. Erín Moure
check them out here:

actionbooks.org/2025/03/poet...

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poetry in action #43 | From SONORA by Chus Pato, Translated by Erín Moure • Action Books

poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. NOW MORE THAN EVER: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publisha...

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Action Books @actionbooks.bsky.social · Mar 20

“the night opens and falls
a womb
in the deserts”

3 poems from Chus Pato’s award-winning Sonora,
tr. Erín Moure
check them out here:

actionbooks.org/2025/03/poet...

@hedeenk.bsky.social

poetry in action #43 | From SONORA by Chus Pato, Translated by Erín Moure • Action Books

poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. NOW MORE THAN EVER: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publisha...

actionbooks.org

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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Mar 20

The poet I've spent the most time with over the past couple of years has been Antonio Gamoneda. His book Burn the Losses is incredible. Out from Action Books in April. Let me know if you want an arc.

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Action Books @actionbooks.bsky.social · Mar 19

action will be at AWP!
booth 549
come check out new titles!
offsite reading happening on friday, march 28, 6-10 pm.

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katherine m. hedeen @hedeenk.bsky.social · Mar 19

thanks to Cody for spending some time w/ midnight minutes! @actionbooks.bsky.social
@carrionbloombooks.bsky.social

Cody Stetzel @bearable.bsky.social · Mar 19

I loved diving into the catalogues and works of Donald Nicholson-Smith, Brother Anthony of Taizé, Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky, @s-lavochkina.bsky.social, and @hedeenk.bsky.social.

Read about the works here: riantly.substack.com/p/four-books...

Four Books, Four Presses, Four Countries, Six Translators

A survey, uniting threads, and notes on reading

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katherine m. hedeen @hedeenk.bsky.social · Mar 19

thank you for reading!!!

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Paul Cunningham @p-cunning.bsky.social · Mar 18

"she's so beautiful i'm crying
into my echo mic under a lilac bush
in some reese's pieces backyard
in some forgotten 90s"

SOCIOCIDE AT THE 24/7 is now available from @eldiagram.bsky.social! $15 shipping + digital copy

thediagram.com/merch/produc...

#pop #poetry #beyonce #kanye #taylorswift #adele

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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thanks to everyone who responded. Reviewing new writing is crucial in building a literary ecology. This is especially true of works in translation - it's essential to bring the translated works into contact with US literature through reviews and other responses. Message me if you want an arc.

katherine m. hedeen @hedeenk.bsky.social · Mar 5

check out this list! let me know if you’re interested in reviewing! @actionbooks.bsky.social

johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Mar 4

New ACTION BOOKS coming this April:

• Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda's Burn the Losses
• Palestinian poet Ghayath Almadhoun's searing I Have Brought You A Severed Hand
• W & E, ML Martin's "refracted" translation of medieval poem Wulf and Eadwacer

Let me know if you are interested in reviewing!

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Mar 5

minor lits is always open to review submissions -- no pitches, just send your texts here:

oleada.io/publication/...

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katherine m. hedeen @hedeenk.bsky.social · Mar 5

check out this list! let me know if you’re interested in reviewing! @actionbooks.bsky.social

johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Mar 4

New ACTION BOOKS coming this April:

• Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda's Burn the Losses
• Palestinian poet Ghayath Almadhoun's searing I Have Brought You A Severed Hand
• W & E, ML Martin's "refracted" translation of medieval poem Wulf and Eadwacer

Let me know if you are interested in reviewing!

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Paul Cunningham @p-cunning.bsky.social · Mar 4

My "Sociocide" book tour begins later this month! My friend Nathan Dixon and I found ourselves a lovely little roach motel just a hop, skip, and a jump from the LA Convention Center. Invite us to all of your parties. xo

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katherine m. hedeen @hedeenk.bsky.social · Mar 3

there’s more Gamoneda coming very soon from @actionbooks.bsky.social!
burn the losses is out 4/15.
available for pre-order on action website or @asterismbooks.bsky.social

Tim VanDyke @tvandyke.bsky.social · Mar 3

Favorite book of poems so far this year

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katherine m. hedeen @hedeenk.bsky.social · Mar 3

🙏🙏

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Paul Cunningham @p-cunning.bsky.social · Feb 23

So grateful to everyone who came out to my launch for SOCIOCIDE AT THE 24/7 this past Wednesday! Esp Johannes and Joyelle, two very dear friends and mentors. I owe them both so much. Words can't express the profound respect I have for them 🖤🖤 @eldiagram.bsky.social

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katherine m. hedeen @hedeenk.bsky.social · Feb 20

poetry in action is back!
check it out.
Karen Villeda tr. NAFTA
String Theory out soon w/ cardboard house press!

Action Books @actionbooks.bsky.social · Feb 20

Poets of the World Unite!

poetry in action is back.

“I am the moan, the boiling, the sneeze, I am the over-there. I am the artesian well, the kestrel’s pertinence, I am tongue. I am the intestines and the foot inside, inside of someone.”

Karen Villeda, tr. NAFTA

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poetry in action #42 | From STRING THEORY by Karen Villeda, Translated by NAFTA • Action Books

poetry in action features work by poets from around the world, translated into English. NOW MORE THAN EVER: Poets of the world, unite and take over! Resist the oppressive constraints of good, publisha...

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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Feb 13

"The poems in this book are untitled and incredibly brief, and it is easy to read them as short-yet-elusive letters and, at the same time, as part of one long epic."

Wonderful review of Jäderlund's Lonespeech on Heavy Feather Review @hfr.bsky.social :

heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/02/12/l...

Poetry Review: Matt Martinson Reads Ann Jäderlund’s Collection Lonespeech

Have you heard that a fallout between two philosophers can make national, frontpage news in France? That writing quality poetry could earn you a place of political power in Ancient China? That Vacl…

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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · Feb 13

Make sure you follow the Action Books account for the latest news from this publisher of international and US poetry: bsky.app/profile/acti...

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