"There are few superlatives left for Milosz's work, but this enormous volume, with its portentous valedictory feel, will have reviewers firing up their thesauri nationwide." - Publishers Weekly

 

 

 

The startling juxtaposition of sensual and brutal histories, of human and animal flesh, of the experience of war and of writing is Rozewicz's great achievement throughout twenty volumes of poetry. – The Guardian

 

“Personal” for Rozycki means also transpersonal; the persona of his poetry holds the memory of an entire family or tribe, or perhaps even of society in general. And there's no mockery here. Rozycki's poetry is serious, a private response to the historic moment. Without a doubt, a vital new poet has emerged from the Polish language. – Adam Zagajewski

 

 

Szuber’s work is poised between the rigors of making poetry and life itself in all its messy glory, between the devastations of history and the quiet act of observing our place in it all.

Szuber’s poetry speaks to the hard part of the soul. - Zbigniew Herbert

 

 

 

 

Unquestionably one of the great living European poets. She's accessible and deeply human and a joy – though it is a dark kind of joy – to read. She is a poet to live with. – Robert Hass, The Washington Post Book World

 

A stunning addition to the literature of surrealism... – Whitney Chadwick, author of Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement A prose poem in chapters, of haunting beauty… And the collages are something else: think Ernst and think past him. – Prof. Mary Ann Caws, CUNY Graduate Center, author of many books on Surrealism

 

Tkaczyszyn-Dycki is one of Poland’s most original and important younger poets. Trained by twin muses, Thanatos and Eros, his is a voice at once resonant of the long European tradition of elegy, rooted in regional (Ukrainian) folk traditions, and alive to contemporary Polish reality. Translated by "Found in Translation" Award winner Bill Johnston.

 

 

This collection finds the poet reflecting on place, language, and history. Especially moving are his tributes to writers, friends known in person or in books – people such as Milosz and Sebald, Brodsky and Blake – which intermingle naturally with portraits of family members and loved ones. Eternal Enemies is a luminous meeting of art and everyday life.