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.

Tom Connolly February 21, 2020 at 8:01 pm on Film Review: “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael” — Rebellion Has an Expiration DateAlong with disillusionment with Susan Sontag, falling out of love with Pauline Kael has are milestones marking my 21st century...
Bill Marx February 21, 2020 at 7:23 pm on Film Review: “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael” — Rebellion Has an Expiration DateKael is nothing if not inconsistent -- all critics are, though because of the extremity of her views the whiplash...
Matt Hanson February 21, 2020 at 6:18 pm on Film Review: “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael” — Rebellion Has an Expiration Date"My Arts Criticism students at Boston University don’t get Kael’s obsession with the inviolate power of the low, her disdain...
Paul Wesel February 21, 2020 at 4:45 pm on Theater Review: “She the People” — Part Protest Rally and Part CatharsisDebra Cash is so darned good one wonders why she isn’t writing for the Globe - or, heck, why not...
Bruce Shaw February 21, 2020 at 2:48 pm on Arts Commentary: Politics IS Performance — A Director Evaluates the CandidatesIt's rare to read something about the primaries/election that has a new and fresh take on the subject, and is...