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Paul Cunningham is the Creative Writing Program Manager at the University of Notre Dame, where he also co-manages Action Books, an international poetry and translation press. He is the recipient of the 2021 Diann Blakely Poetry Prize and the 2015 Sparks Prize Fellowship. He is the author of A False Tongue (forthcoming from White Stag Press in 2027), Brillo (Lavender Ink, 2025), Sociocide at the 24/7 (DIAGRAM, 2025), and two titles from Schism Press: Fall Garment (2022) and The House of the Tree of Sores (2020). He is also one of the collaborators in Katrine Øgaard Jensen's Ancient Algorithms (Sarabande Books, 2025). From the Swedish, he is the translator of Helena Österlund’s Words (OOMPH! Press, 2019). He has translated two chapbooks by Sa ...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) 4.69 avg rating — 89 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 4.72 avg rating — 18 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
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	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
	Foamghast 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	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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	Goal/Tender Meat/Tender really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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