Observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day I'd like to invite you to listen to my discussion of the work of Tadeusz Borowski with Irena Grudzińska Gross. Borowski wrote some some of the most searing accounts of life in Auschwitz. Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/ABlalV8_zr8?si…

Searing deadpan accounts of life in Auschwitz from Tadeusz Borowski. Watch my discussion with Irena Grudzińska-Gross on Encounters with Polish Literature Polish Cultural Institute New York Northwestern University Press youtu.be/ABlalV8_zr8?si…

Papusza, Poland’s most well-known Roma poet—new ideas with Emilia Kledzik and new translations of Papusza’s verse memoir of the WWII Volhynia Massacre, “Tears of Blood” on “Encounters with Polish Literature” Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/NlGe3cgpgRk?si…

Interview with Agata Tuszyńska on becoming and being a writer. w-insight.com/2025/03/12/ove…

Jan Kochanowski, Renaissance poet, is the subject of episode 50 of “Encounters with Polish Literature” with translator and scholar, Barry Keane. We focus on the “Laments” (“Treny”) and his political play, “The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys.” Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/vnYMGx1P7K4?si…

Ignacy Krasicki, Enlightenment author of Poland's 1st novel, "The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom": a critique of the urbanized gentry and a utopian vision of the state of nature. On "Encounters with Polish Literature" Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/cALH99-KLyU?si…

What better day than the anniversary of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 to think about the Enlightenment in Poland? Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/cALH99-KLyU?si…

Sofia Andrukhovych is one of the most celebrated Ukrainian novelists being translated right now. Get a preview of her novel out soon, “Felix Austria,” and her magnum opus, “Amadoka” on the latest episode of “Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature” youtu.be/4U4qDVkB8wM?si…

Juliusz Słowacki may have been a great patriot or mystic, but George Grabowicz (Harvard) offers another way in by looking at Słowacki as part of the Ukrainian School in Polish Romanticism on “Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature.” Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/ONqE33t84DQ?si…

Oksana Lutsyshyna is one of Ukraine’s most interesting writers with two novels and one collection of poetry in English translation and major prizes. Catch us on the latest episode of “Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature.” Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/B9keypXZIWI?si…

Bolesław Prus, “The Doll”: Man of the rising middle class in possession of a fortune in want of a wife of the declining gentry, in cosmopolitan Warsaw. War, money, and politics just below the surface. +the “crisis in literacy.” Polish Cultural Institute New York Books at NYRB youtu.be/kOP3P7uyUJQ?si…

Ryszard Krynicki, one of Poland’s most prominent poets, is the subject of the latest episode of “Encounters with Polish Literature.” Clare Cavanagh offers her insights on the texts and discusses her long interaction with Krynicki. Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/anEo08jDrXE?si…

Jerzy Kosiński (“Being There,” “The Painted Bird”), subject of Agnieszka Holland’s next film, is the topic of the latest episode of “Encounters with Polish Literature”—an American émigré sensation inextricable from his Polish context. Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/VgBKrh724X4?si…

Binge the entire series of "Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature" with this handy new playlist at-- youtube.com/playlist?list=… Polish Cultural Institute New York

Editing about 4820 miles away from the “Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature” World Headquarters. Binge the series at youtube.com/playlist?list=… Polish Cultural Institute New York

Hanna Krall found her voice as one of the founders of the Polish school of reportage by telling the stories of her generation child Holocaust survivors. Catch my discussion with Sean Bye on “Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature.” Polish Cultural Institute New York youtu.be/l7QAJms6BH8?si…