The Noise Floor

The Noise Floor

“The Noise Floor,” extracted from David Lloyd’s book of poems Archepelago (Shearsman Books, 2026), is presented here with permission as a contribution to Communis’ series Transiterations. The Spanish transiteration was written for the occasion by Rolando Prats. You...
The Spider

The Spider

“The Spider” is an original text by Jason Barker. Together with “La araña,” its Spanish rendition by Rolando Prats, it is featured as part of Communis’ series Transiterations, of which “Marxist Seagulls” and “Blanqui,” also by Jason Barker in collaboration with...
His eyes gouged out, seeing

His eyes gouged out, seeing

“Los ojos que le arrancaron, viendo,” by Rolando Prats, was first published in its Spanish original on Patrias. Actos y Letras and Toda la noche oirán on 1 January 2018, on the occasion of the fifty-ninth anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution. “Unanswered...
Blanqui

Blanqui

“Blanqui,” in French and English, are original texts by Jason Barker. Together with its Spanish rendition of the same title by Rolando Prats, they are a feature of Communis’ series Transiterations, of which “Marxist Seagulls” was the first installment. Cage au Forçat...