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  • <a href="/books/theory-of-the-voice-and-dream">“A bolt of world-opening lightning.” <i>—&nbsp;Cecilia&nbsp;Vicuña</i></a>

    LILIANA PONCE
    THEORY OF THE VOICE AND DREAM

    Translated from Spanish by
    MICHAEL MARTIN SHEA

  • <a href="/books/apotheosis-of-music">“Wirpsza is the Polish John Ashbery, with a cause.” <i>—&nbsp;Andrei&nbsp;Codrescu</i></a>

    WITOLD WIRPSZA
    APOTHEOSIS OF MUSIC

    Translated from Polish by
    FRANK L. VIGODA

  • <a href="/books/apparent-breviary">“Equal parts reticence, rage, derision, and despair.” <i>—&nbsp;Roberto&nbsp;Tejada</i></a>

    GASTÓN FERNÁNDEZ
    APPARENT BREVIARY

    Translated from
    Spanish by
    KM CASCIA

  • <a href="/books/document">“One of the towering poets of the twentieth century.” <i>—&nbsp;Barry&nbsp;Schwabsky</i></a>

    AMELIA ROSSELLI
    DOCUMENT

    Translated from Italian by
    ROBERTA ANTOGNINI and DEBORAH WOODARD

  • <a href="/books/transparencies2025">“A luminous consideration of place and our situation within.” <i>—&nbsp;Megan&nbsp;Kaminski</i></a>

    MARIA BORIO
    TRANSPARENCIES

    Translated from Italian by
    DANIELLE PIERATTI

  • <a href="/books/vitals">“A topsy-turvy tour de force.” <i>—&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;Gizzi</i></a>

    MARIE DE QUATREBARBES
    THE VITALS

    Translated from French by
    AIDEN FARRELL

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Witold Wirpsza - Apotheosis of Music
Witold Wirpsza - Apotheosis of Music

WITOLD WIRPSZA
APOTHEOSIS OF MUSIC

Translated from Polish by
FRANK L. VIGODA

Gastón Fernández - Apparent Breviary
Gastón Fernández - Apparent Breviary

GASTÓN FERNÁNDEZ
APPARENT BREVIARY

Translated from Spanish by
KM CASCIA

Amelia Rosselli - Document
Amelia Rosselli - Document

AMELIA ROSSELLI
DOCUMENT

Translated from Italian by
ROBERTA ANTOGNINI and DEBORAH WOODARD

George Seferis - Book of Exercises II
George Seferis - Book of Exercises II

GEORGE SEFERIS
BOOK OF EXERCISES II

Translated from Greek by
JENNIFER R. KELLOGG

Mario dell’Arco - Day Lasts Forever
Mario dell’Arco - Day Lasts Forever

MARIO DELL’ARCO
DAY LASTS FOREVER: SELECTED POEMS

Translated from Romanesco by
MARC ALAN DI MARTINO

Boethius - Poems from On the Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius - Poems from On the Consolation of Philosophy

BOETHIUS
POEMS FROM ON THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY

Translated from Latin by
PETER GLASSGOLD

Jazra Khaleed - The Light That Burns Us
Jazra Khaleed - The Light That Burns Us

JAZRA KHALEED
THE LIGHT THAT BURNS US

Translated from Greek by
PETER CONSTANTINE, VIKTORAS ILIOPOULOS, SARAH MCCANN, JASON RIGAS, MAX RITVO, ANGELOS SAKKIS, JOSEPHINE SIMPLE, BRIAN SNEEDEN, and KAREN VAN DYCK

Marie-Noëlle Agniau - The Escapades
Marie-Noëlle Agniau - The Escapades

MARIE-NOËLLE AGNIAU
THE ESCAPADES

Translated from French by
JESSE HOVER AMAR

IBRAHIM NASRALLAH - PALESTINIAN
IBRAHIM NASRALLAH - PALESTINIAN

IBRAHIM NASRALLAH
PALESTINIAN

Translated from Arabic by
HUDA J. FAKHREDDINE

Judith Kiros - O
Judith Kiros - O

JUDITH KIROS
O

Translated from Swedish by
KIRA JOSEFSSON

Joyce Mansour - In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems
Joyce Mansour - In the Glittering Maw: Selected Poems

JOYCE MANSOUR
IN THE GLITTERING MAW: SELECTED POEMS

Translated from French by
C. FRANCIS FISHER

Leeladhar Jagoori - What of the Earth Was Saved
Leeladhar Jagoori - What of the Earth Was Saved

LEELADHAR JAGOORI
WHAT OF THE EARTH WAS SAVED

Translated from Hindi by
MATT REECK

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