The Tallness of Moonlight

Translation Collection by Ron Padgett November 10, 2026 • 5.5 x 8 • 264 Pages • 978-1-56689-770-9 A new perspective on critically-acclaimed poet Ron Padgett. The Tallness of Moonlight is at once a celebration of Padgett’s decades-long translation work and his particular taste in avant-garde poetics. Spanning millennia and the globe, this anthology of translations pays special attention to the French greats: Apollinaire, Gautier, Mallarmé, Cendrars. From prose poems to visual poems to theatrical scenes, Padgett’s collection is a love letter to French poetry and the act of translation itself.