Polish poetry

Arts Remembrance: Polish Poet and Dramatist Tadeusz Różewicz — The Prophet of the Partial, the Herald of the Unfinished

Tadeusz Różewicz’s best poems are blunt hammer strokes that pound at the impossibility of crafting poetry true to the sins of history.

In light of the many translations of Cyprian Norwid’s verse into English, Danuta Borchardt thought carefully about what she was going to focus on.

Thomas Clifton March 29, 2020 at 11:54 am on Book Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” — Are the Rural Poor Noble Savages?I was generally confused, to this day, why people are raving about this book. It was literary trash.
Ian Thal March 27, 2020 at 11:42 am on Arts Commentary: Big Art — Big GreedThe Kennedy Center is part of the Smithsonian and thus, actually part of the Federal government -- it doesn't choose...
Steve Provizer March 27, 2020 at 7:56 am on Arts Commentary: Big Art — Big GreedThe salaries seem outrageous and a number of the “award” events could be produced by any commercial venue. Other kinds...
Rebekah brown March 27, 2020 at 1:48 am on Arts Commentary: Big Art — Big GreedNo matter how you slice it, accepting Coronavirus relief money makes the Kennedy Center look really bad. I will never...
Ian Thal March 26, 2020 at 7:11 pm on Arts Commentary: Big Art — Big GreedIn the two years since I relocated from the Boston area to Washington DC and thus, spent more time at...