katherine m. hedeen

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...

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

@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.”

@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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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!

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

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

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...

“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:

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@hedeenk.bsky.social

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.

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

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

"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

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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.

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

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

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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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

🙏🙏

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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Karen Villeda tr. NAFTA
String Theory out soon w/ cardboard house press!

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…

"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 :

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@actionbooks.bsky.social has joined Bluesky!

This will be a very special event. I will be reading with Ann Jäderlund for the first time, and also with Katarina Frostenson and her translator, Brad Harmon. These are possibly the two most influential Swedish poets of the past 3-4 decades. I hope you will all join us!

"The light boils beneath my eyelids": Wrote a substack about Eva K Olsson, Gamoneda and McLuhan's idea of print-vs-acoustic age. I'll post it later. In the meantime, here's the first page from Gamoneda's incredible book Burn the Losses (trans @hedeenk.bsky.social + Nunez):

Wow, can't wait for this book. The excerpt has such an urgent lyricism!

poems by Antonio Gamoneda now up @PoetryFound from forthcoming “Burn the Losses” w/ @action__books.

these poems knock me out. what an honor to translate them.

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