WWB/RTW Book Club: Zbigniew Herbert
The latest Words Without Borders/Reading the World book club is now officially underway. This month James Marcus and Cynthia Haven will be leading a discussion of Zbigniew Herbert’s Collected Poems. They have a lot of interesting things lined up for the next few weeks: The discussion will include contributions from ...
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More on the January WWB Book Club
At House of Mirth James Marcus offers a preview of the upcoming Words Without Borders discussion of Zbigniew Herbert’s The Collected Poems 1956-1998, which promises to be quite interesting. Next week, Cynthia Haven and I will be overseeing a Words Without Borders book club—an online conversation, more or ...
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Valles on Herbert
Alissa Valles on the poet she translated, Zbigniew Herbert: Until recently, visitors to Kraków, Poland, might have easily stumbled across a bit of graffiti on the ancient wall surrounding the Old Town. “We Will Fulfill Herbert’s Testament,” the text read, referring to Zbigniew Herbert, a poet of national pride and ...
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Polish Poetry in the NY Times
Somewhat surprisingly, this weekend’s New York Times Book Review has a full-length review of Zbigniew Herbert’s Collected Poems, which was a RTW book this year. And I can’t disagree with David Orr’s opening sentiment: . . . it’s impossible to know which country has the best writers, let alone ...
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