Imani Perry, writer and professor at Princeton University commenting on “Crops”:
“I have found these poems to be emotionally compelling and profound. I expect fellow readers will enjoy this beautiful work”
31 October 2021
Category: announcements
30 October 2021
Kean University
Kean University and the Holocaust Resource Center invite you to “Conversation with poet and musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski” as part of the Kristallnacht Commemorative Program. Meeting led by Dr. Joanna Sliwa will take place on Tuesday, November 9.
28 October 2021
Richard Deming about “Crops”
Richard Deming, poet, art critic, and the Director of Creative Writing at Yale University, commenting on “Crops”:
“Grzegorz Kwiatkowski once said, “I think that we should be conscious about the evil that is inside every one of us.” In his collection Crops, Kwiatkowski’s taut, tense poems sound the depths of our darkest history. Masterfully rendered by Peter Constantine, one of our most brilliant translators, Crops reveals that the unforgettable is also the undeniable. Is it beautiful? I say it is powerfully necessary, unrelentingly direct. I say it burns.”
Join us for a coffee break conversation as we celebrate the publication of Crops, the latest chapbook in Rain Taxi’s OHM Editions series, a stunning collection of verse by the award-winning Polish poet and musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski! In this heart-rending work, so beautifully translated into English by Peter Constantine, Kwiatkowski warns “We must not forget our tragic past because it might well return.” At this special launch event, Kwiatkowski and Constantine will read from and discuss the history that informs these poems, as well as the role poetry can play in offering testimony and hope in our troubled world.
Wednesday, November 10, 3:00 pm Central
24 October 2021
“Virus of Hate” / University of Oxford
Please feel invited on the second part of the “Virus of Hate” workshop at the University of Oxford.
23 October 2021
Cynthia Zarin about “Crops”
The great writer Cynthia Zarin talks about “Crops”:
“In these searing, darkly beautiful, indelible poems, Kwiatkowski reminds us of what, at our peril, we must not forget.”
The great writer Hanya Yanagihara and The New York Times Style Magazine invited Grzegorz Kwiatkowski to take part in their “TMicronovel” series.
16 October 2021
Sam Lipsyte about “Crops”
The great writer and post punk musician Sam Lipsyte talks about “Crops”:
“These poems are brutal, strangely exquisite, and, unfortunately, still necessary. With his words and his music and his relentless campaign of stark honesty and regenerative connection, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski is a genuine glimmer of hope in a darkening world.”
10 October 2021
Crops
On November 1st book “Crops” translated by professor Peter Constantine will be published by Rain Taxi. The book is accompanied by blurbs by Imani Perry, Sam Lipstyle, Cynthia Zarin and Richard Deming.
16 September 2021
Stanford University
Stanford University cordially invites you to “I Say It Burns: Poet / post-rock musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski in Conversation with Cynthia Haven”. The meeting will be held on Friday, October 8.