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Paul Cunningham co-manages Action Books. He is the author of two poetry collections from Schism Press: Fall Garment (2022) and The House of the Tree of Sores (2020). His next chapbook Sociocide at the 24/7 is forthcoming from New Michigan Press in 2025. His translation of Sara Tuss Efrik's play Danse Macabre Piggies was anthologized in Experimental Writing: A Guidebook and Anthology (Bloomsbury, 2024). Cunningham currently manages the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame where he also teaches. He holds a PhD from the University of Georgia, where he was the recipient of the 2021 Diann Blakely Poetry Prize. ...more

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	Neo-Decadence: 12 Manifestos by Justin Isis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brendan Connell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Gaurav Monga (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of the Tree of Sores 4.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fall Garment 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Poems Are Not What They Seem by Kristin Garth (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Justin Karcher (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lana Rhiannon (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Lightbulbs Issue 4 by Never Angeline Nørth (Editor), Steve McGouldrick (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Paul Cunningham (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words by Helena Österlund, Paul Cunningham (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heavy Feather Review 3.4 by Heavy Feather, Priscilla Atkins, Matthew Beach 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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