Grzegorz Wroblewski Poetry
Poetry by the Polish nomadic surrealist poet Grzegorz Wroblewski
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Translation Tuesday: Three Poems by Grzegorz Wróblewski
“Dragonfliesshould without a doubtfattenthemselves up on richpork shanks.” Three absurdist minimalist poems by Grzegorz Wróblewski , translated by Peter Burzyński, are now up at ASYMPTOTE. Grzegorz’s poems always set me right when I feel askew. You can read them over here. Read more
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The Search for Meaning: An Interview with Grzegorz Wróblewski’s
“I have my personal number, I know my name and when I was born. I feel a bit like a time traveler. My own reactions to people, to the phenomena of life, still surprise me. Apparently, there is such a thing as identity, soul, and personality. This is problematic for me. People are metabolism, a… Read more
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Minimalist Art and Poetry: Wróblewski’s Influence
I just read three new poems by Grzegorz Wróblewski this morning. It is the start of 2025. Well over a week into it really. Also feeling my middle age. I still have at least 17 years of work. Or probably more, since I am not sure I can ever afford to stop working with no… Read more
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The Life of a Tenement House
Half Day Moon Press has just released The Life of a Tenement House by Grzegorz Wroblewski (in terrific translation). It is a poetry of a doomed and hopeful humanity trying to make the best of it. A poetry of awe and compassion and surreal-absurd gritty reality. Read more
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Eunoia Review
Three surreal-absurd poems by by Grzegorz Wróblewski, translation by Grzegorz Wróblewski and Marcus Silcock Slease. Over at Eunoia Review. Check them out here: Listen Singing Birds Witnesses Read more
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A Thin Slice of Anxiety
“When you look up anti-poetry you are likely to run into the work of Nicanor Parra. Parra said something like “real seriousness” resides in the “comic.” We can of course go further. It is also cosmic. Like Parra, Grzegorz Wróblewski’s poetry is often anti-poetic and minimalist. Many of the speakers resemble visitors from another planet.… Read more
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I Really Like Lovers of Poetry
Read a new poem by Grzegorz Wróblewski from his forthcoming collection of poetry in English: I Really Like Lovers of Poetry. Translated directly by Grzegorz and myself. Read more
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Six Poems by Grzegorz Wróblewski
I’ve known Grzegorz since maybe 2007. That’s a few years. I’ll never forget the trip to see him in Copenhagen. We have collaborated and read together with various projects. In London and Madrid. Some of the highlights of my writing life. Read more
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Grzegorz Wróblewski interviewed by Jefferson Hanson about his book Shanty Town
Expansive interview here with the artist Grzegorz Wróblewski about his book of asemic writing: Shanty Town. It is a book for the future as well as the ancient past. Cosmic and personal. “Asemic writing roams freely in the timeline. Calligraphy meets a hologram, and hologram meets electronic, improvised sounds. Together they form a more capacious… Read more
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Translating Grzegorz Wróblewski
“I was interested in Grzegorz Wróblewski’s work from the very first pages. I devoured the English translation of the book Copenhagen. It was incredible. After rereading it I could also then appreciate the neobaroque and grotesque gestures of mixing the sacred and the profane.” – Peter Burzyński. Peter Burzyński discusses the challenges and thrills of… Read more
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Grzegorz Wróblewski – Surreal-Absurd Prose poems – Translated by Peter Burzinsky
Some surreal-absurd prose poems of Grzegorz Wróblewski over at Tupelo Quarterly, translated by Peter Burzinsky. Read more
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Ticks from Hareskov
A selection of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s poetry (translated by Piotr Gwiazda) is now up at Mercurius Magazine from Barcelona. Check them out over here. Read more
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Collaborative Reading with Grzegorz Wroblewski
In 2014, I read with Grzegorz Wroblewski at the Rich Mix in East London. My poems, from this collaborative reading in 2014, have now been edited into a new manuscript entitled HUNGRY GHOSTS. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right frame for a book. Hopefully someday it will be published. A recording of… Read more
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Four Poems by Grzegorz Wróblewski
Evolution Humans and animals. Hittites, wolves, Charles Manson, bipedalism. What are we really? There is no great plan. Some terrific poems by Grzegorz Wroblewski over at Partisan Hotel. Translated from the Polish by Piotr Gwiazda. Read more
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Polish elections 2020
Sad disappointing scary day with Polish elections. Here are some poems from Grzegorz Wroblewski. He was there in Warsaw in 80’s. Part of the underground punk network, the fight against fascists and the beginning of democracy. Read more
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EXCHANGES: FOUR POEMS BY GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI
Kyoto. Spiders. Men in black coats. Minimalist existentialist prose poems by GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI (Painting by Janusz Tyrpak. Drawings by Grzegorz Wroblewski.) Read more
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Everything is Connected
Danishness, homo-sapiens, improv jazz, interconnections, collaborations. Reminds me what matters!! Needed that. Investigative. Imaginative. Open. An interview with nomadic existentialist artist and writer Grzegorz Wroblewski https://www.dik.org.pl/everything-connected-interview-author-grzegorz-wroblewski/?lang=en Read more
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NOMADIC POETICS WITH MARCUS SLEASE AND GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI AT DESPERATE LITERATURE
A terrific launch last night of The Spirit of the Bathtub with Grzegorz Wroblewski reading from his latest work (in English) Zero Visibility (translated by Piotr Gwiazda). Super nice folks in the audience. Nice chats during and afterwards. We are not alone folks! Read more
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DEAR BELOVED HUMANS
“For eight years now I have been translating the poetry of Grzegorz Wróblewski, a Polish writer and visual artist based in Copenhagen. So far we have published two volumes: Kopenhaga (Zephyr Press, 2013) and Zero Visibility (Phoneme Media, 2017). We are now working on our third project, Dear Beloved Humans: New and Selected Poems.” —… Read more
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STELLAR LINEUP FOR PAST SIMPLE 13
The new international issue of Past Simple out now. Manchester, New York City, Lisbon, London, Seattle, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Liège, Madrid, Cambridge (MA), Worcester (MA), Pittsburgh, Prague, Eindhoven, North Queensland (Australia), and more . . . Edited by Marcus Slease and Grzegorz Wroblewski. The issue is full of wild, electric, strange & wonderful writing. Check it… Read more
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In Review: Grzegorz Wróblewski’s Zero Visibility
Nice review of Wróblewski’s Zero Visibility over at Asymptote Literary Journal. Another planet indeed. http://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2017/09/14/in-review-grzegorz-wroblewskis-zero-visibility/ Read more
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BLUE PUEBLO
GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI’S “BLUE PUEBLO” OVER AT EMPTY MIRROR. RIMBAUDIAN NIGHTMARISH FALL OF MAN LOVE RECOVERY DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/poems/grzegorz-wroblewski-blue-pueblo.html Read more
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LIFE IS UNBEARABLE
My review of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s book of poems, Zero Visibility, is up at the terrific Empty Mirror: http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/reviews/book-review-life-is-unbearable-grzegorz-wroblewskis-zero-visibility.html Read more
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ZERO VISIBILITY
A very interesting essay by Piotr Gwiazda on translating Grzegorz Wróblewski’s latest book into English, Zero Visibility Check it out over here: http://www.asymptotejournal.com/criticism/grzegorz-wroblewski-zero-visibility/ Read more
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REVIEW OF MY POETRY IN POLISH
A nice review of nomadic life and poetry over at: http://www.biuroliterackie.pl/biblioteka/cykle/hello-tiny-tird-brain/ HELLO TINY BIRD BRAIN!! Thank you Grzegorz Wroblewski!!!! Read more
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GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI OVER AT THE FISHHOUSE
Fantastico Wroblewski poems over at The Fishhouse. Translated and read by Piotr Gwiazda. The best of Polish poetry!!! A nomadic surrealism. http://www.fishousepoems.org/artist/grzegorz-wroblewski/ Read more
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BEST OF POLISH POETRY IN TRANSLATION
Some awesome translations of Polish poet Grzegorz Wroblewski in Jacket 2. In conversation with perhaps the most powerful Polish poet of the 20th century. Tadeusz Różewicz. A special issue about Polish poetry after Rozewicz.http://jacket2.org/polish-poetry-after-rozewicz Wroblewski’s poems are translated by Piotr Gwiazda.http://jacket2.org/grzegorz-wroblewski-and-rozewiczThe five poems are over here:http://jacket2.org/poems/five-poems-wroblewski Read more
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BLUE PUEBLO PROJECT
Looking forward to seeing this fantastic Grzegorz Wroblewski and Wojciech Wilczyk exhibition in Krakow. Photography and poetry.16.10.2015 – 17.01.2016MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART KRAKOW (photograph: Wojciech Wilczyk)“The exhibition is pivoted on a fusion of poetry and photography. In 2013, Grzegorz Wróblewski wrote his poem Blue Pueblo. Inspired by it, Wojciech Wilczyk took a series of photographs of Amager,… Read more
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REVIEW OF GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI IN ENGLISH
Nice review over here of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s collection LET’S GO BACK TO THE MAINLAND: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/gallery.php?item=23672 Read more
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Grzegorz Wróblewski with Sebastian Pypłacz
Performance zarejestrowany podczas spotkania SławaSłowa w KATO zorganizowanego przez redakcje Kwartalnika Literackiego FA-art, 13 listopada 2014 roku w Katowicach.Grzegorz Wróblewski, poeta, malarz i dramaturg związany z Wydawnictwem FA-art, którego nakładem ukazały się książki „Hologramy” (zbiór dramatów, 2006) oraz „Pan Roku, Trawy i Turkusów” (wiersze, 2009). Jego twórczość pojawiła się również na łamach kwartalnika literackiego „FA-art”.Plastyczna… Read more
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TEST ON MONKEYS
Grzegorz Wroblewski’s TEST ON MONKEYS ( Translated from the Polish by Piotr Gwiazda) at Brooklyn Rail Nominated for a Pushcart. Much deserved. check it out: http://intranslation.brooklynrail.org/polish/poetry-by-grzegorz-wroblewski Read more
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Chemical Reactions
Piotr Gwiazda translating the Polish of Grzegorz Wróblewski . Terrific!!! http://www.anomalouspress.org/13/4.gwiazda.chemical.php Read more
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Wróblewski – Program Merkury – Impresja
GRAND FINALE OF GRZEGORZ WROBLEWKI EXHIBITION IN WARSAW. TERRIFIC PAINTER, POET, THINKER, ARTIST, HUMAN BEING! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7mcxYkcb8 Read more
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The passenger syndrome
An interview with my close friend and fellow traveler Grzegorz Wróblewski at JACKET 2. IT IS VERY GOOD!!! KOPENHAGA IS VERY VERY GOOD!!! http://jacket2.org/interviews/passenger-syndrome (painting by Grzegorz Wroblewski: “Don’t Tread on Me”) Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski in Museum of Literature in Warsaw
1. Amager with Wojtek Wilczyk2. About Pawel Kelner Rozwadowski3. Asemic writing. Red Read more
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Pawel Kelner Rozwadowski and Grzegorz Wroblewski
Opening night of Grzegorz’s exhibition at Muzeum Literatury w WarszawieA legend of Polish alternative music Pawel Kelner Rozwadowski playing a number with Grzegorz Wroblewski’s text “Matrix”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxlH_-iUsgU&feature=youtu.be Read more
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Nine Holes
July 1998. “Nine Holes” Translated by Malcolm Sinclair. http://krzysztofjaworski.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/dziewiec-dziur.html Read more
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PROGRAM MERCURY
Awesome exhibit coming up in Warsaw Poland. The first big exhibit of the artist and poet Grzegorz Wroblewski in his home country after many many years of exile. Gonna check it out in August. You can see both conceptual and psychedelic paintings there. Gonna be historic! Opening day 6th August 18:00. Until 28th September 2014. Muzeum… Read more
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EXCERPTS FROM KOPENHAGA IN INDIA
http://poetry.sangamhouse.org/2014/06/excerpts-from-kopenhaga-by-grzegorz-wroblewski/ Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski interview with Gilbert Wesley Purdy
Fantastic interview with Grzegorz Wroblewski by Gilbert Wesley Purdy over here: http://www.eclectica.org/v18n2/purdy_wroblewski_interview.html Grzegorz is currently in a plane flying to New York for his American tour. Go see him if you are on the East Coast of the U.S. A rarity for sure!! (painting by Grzegorz Wroblewski: Muzeum 1 Kolyska Cindy) Grzegorz Wroblewski and Piotr Gwiazda… Read more
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Grzegorz Wróblewski — Melancholia
MALANCHOLIAGuitar: Amir Hadziahmentovic Text/voice: Grzegorz Wroblewski Drawings: My Life with Ann by Grzegorz Wroblewskihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKjlYwjnhf8 (drawing: Grzrgorz Wroblewski’s My Life With Ann) Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski at Columbia University
If you are in NY, check out Kopenhaga. Grzegorz Wroblewki and Piotr Gwiazda: http://harriman.columbia.edu/event/poetry-reading-grzegorz-wr%C3%B3blewski Read more
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AMERICAN BOOK TOUR GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI AND PIOTR GWIAZDA
If you are in the U.S. and near these cities (NY, MA, RI) then try to catch Grzegorz Wroblewski and Piotr Gwiazda (translator) on their American book tour!!! Grzegorz Wróblewski and Piotr Gwiazda, poet and translator of KOPENHAGA — Friday, April 4, Columbia University, East Central European Center and Department of Slavic Languages, 4 p.m.,… Read more
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Penn Sound Page
GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI HAS A NEW PENN SOUND PAGE. YIPPIE!!! Mp3s of readings from London: Torriano reading series and Enemies project reading at Rich Mix. Also a reading I did of Grzegorz’s poetry set to some basic music I whipped together. Check it out: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Wroblewski.php Painting: Grzegorz Wróblewski The Post-Literate (R)Evolution Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski and Amir (guitar)
The title is Schylek. A poem from Grzegorz’s first poetry collection Ciamkowatosc zycia (from 1992). Written in Warsaw in the beginning of 80’s punk period. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x5iUrUaBxc Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski and Piotr Gwiazda in London
Grzegorz Wroblewski reading from his book Kopenhaga and Piotr Gwiazda reading his English translations. London. Torriano Reading Series. 9th Feb 2014.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axWyV2Ja3UE&feature=youtu.be Read more
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Wrogowie Grzegorz Wroblewki and Marcus Slease
As part of the Enemies project (www.weareenemies.com) Wrogowie celebrated contemporary Polish poetry in collaboration with British poetry on February 8th 2014 at the Rich mix arts centre in London. Six pairs of poets premiered original collaborative works specifically for this event. Supported by the Polish Institute and SSEES. Me and Grzegorz presented our ongoing nomadic… Read more
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REVIEW OF KOPENHAGA IN THREE PERCENT
“What terrifies me in Denmark (the land of Bohr and Kierkegaard, a caring tolerate state, with a high standard of living, etc)? What terrifies me is homo sapiens. Also in Wilanów and other wholly innocent corners of the Earth. What terrifies me is homo sapiens.” (Grzegorz Wroblewski) Nice review of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s Kopenhaga in Three Percent (University… Read more
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Awesome Polish poets in London!!!
Wrogowie – Feb sat 8th at the Rich Mix, London Wrogowie: February Sat 8th at the Rich Mix Arts Centre: 7pm doors. Free entry. http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/wrogowie-the-enemies-project-polish-poetry/ http://www.polishculture.org.uk/literature/events/news/article/wrogowie-the-enemies-project-2244.html Marcus Slease & Grzegorz Wróblewski Joanna Rzadowska & Francesca Lisette Ula Chowaniec & Amy Cutler Piotr Gwiazda & SJ Fowler Adam Zdrodowski & Philip Terry + Laura Elliott & Angus… Read more
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Wiara by Grzegorz Wroblewski
Grzegorz Wroblewski and Amir (on guitar). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pk1Pr0AROI Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski Reading
Paintings by Grzegorz Wroblewski. Poems of Grzegorz Wroblewski translated by Agnieszka Pokojska and Adam Zdrodowski. Reading: Marcus Slease. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSv6LAHI0gY Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski and Krzysztof Jaworski
http://krzysztofjaworski.blogspot.dk/2014/01/piesci-wladzy.html Read more
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Mike Topp and Grzegorz Wroblewski
A few more observations, haiku, extremely short stories, by Mike Topp who lives and works in a large, Eastern metropolis. Grzegorz Wroblewski’s Kopenhaga and Mike Topp’s poetry have quiet a lot in common. They are both from the Milky Way for one! I think their poetry would get along really well together!! http://www.scn.org/realpoetik/topp-mike-htm-99.htm Read more
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bruLION and Grzegorz Wroblewski
Grzegorz Wroblewki was part of the bruLion group. He is a punk rock poet. And a warm warm hearted human being too!!! Cracovian bruLion (noteBook) in the history of Polish literature of the end of the 20th made its name as one of the most important voices of the young generation. The group connected with… Read more
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BROOKLYN RAIL AND POLISH POETRY IN LONDON
Some poems of Grzegorz Wroblewski in the Brooklyn Rail. Translated by Piotr Gwiazda. They are from Grzegorz’s collection Dwie kobiety nad Atlantykiem – from 2011 http://intranslation.brooklynrail.org/polish/poetry-by-grzegorz-wroblewski Piotr Gwiazda’s translations of Wróblewski’s poetry have appeared in AGNI Online, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, The Nation, and Seneca Review. Gwiazda’s translation of Wróblewski’s book of prose poems Kopenhaga… Read more
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WROGOWIE
The Enemies project presents some of the finest contemporary poets from Poland collaborating to read original works of avant garde / literary poetry with British contemporaries. Multiple pairs of poets will present work that is cross language, cross media and truly groundbreaking, evidencing the innovative potential of collaboration in poetry and the force of European… Read more
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Some New Paintings of Grzegorz Wróblewski
1) Muzeum 1 Kolyska Cindy 2) Muzeum 2 Pomieszczenia i ogrody 3) Muzeum 4 Razem1) Cindy’s Cradle, 2) Rooms and Gardens 3)TogetherThese paintings are part of a Grzegorz Wroblewski’s exhibition at the Museum of Literature in Warsaw in 2014. His first Polish exhibition after 29 years of living in exile!!! Read more
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letters from the milky way
Kopenhaga by Grzegorz Wroblewki is one of those touchstone books for me. I mean the kind of book that sits on my best shelf with my favourite books of all the ages.Surreal rooted in the everyday. Surreal rooted in the historical. Letters from a human being from the Milky Way but currently somewhere between Denmark… Read more
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Kopenhaga
My close friend and excellent poet and artist and writer Grzegorz Wroblewksi has a brand new book out. and it ROCKS!! Big TIME! NY School poetry meets Kafka meets Polish poetry (bruLion etc.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brulion Get it get it get it!! http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781938890000/default.aspx Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Polish by Piotr Gwiazda. “Grim, glancingly beautiful, always necessary.”—Joshua… Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski’s Kopenhaga
Coming soon from Zephyr Press Grzegorz Wroblewski’s Kopenhaga translated from the Polish by Piotr Gwiazda http://www.zephyrpress.org/new.php#kopenhaga CAN’T WAIT . . . “Wróblewski is the true poetic chronicler of our 21st century diaspora in all its absurdities and anxieties … Kopenhaga is a journey to the end of the night that always makes a U-turn in… Read more
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A MARZIPAN FACTORY
Grzegorz Wroblewski. Translated well. It is an excellent translation. One of the best poets writing today. For sure!! Grab a copy of A Marzipan Factory. Marjorie Perloff also has nice things to say about Wroblewki’s poetry. Read the review over here: http://galatearesurrection20.blogspot.dk/2013/05/a-marzipan-factory-new-and-selected.html Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski Remix
I did a reading of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s poems from A Marzipan Factory with some music. Also our performance together in London with some of my nomadic surrealist poems. The recordings are now available at PennSound A Marzipan Factory is available over here: Read more
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A Marzipan Factory
Nice review of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s A Marzipan Factory over here. Nomadic surrealism and also absurdism. http://zorosko.blogspot.dk/2012/11/grzegorz-wroblewski-it-is-kafkaesque.html Read more
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Throb and Gristle on Exile TV
is it where I am going? or where I have gone? is where I am going far? Read more
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two poems by the fab Grzegorz Wroblewski (trans by Agnieszka Pokojska)
http://issuu.com/delphicghentbooks/docs/issue_12 Grab everything by Wroblewski. One of the best, if not the best, Polish poet writing today. He is also a fab painter, writer of plays and fiction. His book about experiences in Copenhagen is being translated and will be available next year from a U.S. publisher. MORE DETAILS WHEN I GET ‘EM . .… Read more
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Nothing Happened – But it Will! Waiting for a Breakthrough in Polish Literature
fascinating article here . . privatisation . . the new packaged as the old . . the big breakthrough . . ahhh yes . . . well written . . . on point . . . some very significant poets and writers from Poland waiting in the wings to pack a wallop . . .… Read more
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Grzegorz Wroblewski paintings!!!
A STUDY OF A HORSE FOR DOCTOR MARABOUT: http://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2012/01/grzegorz-wroblewski.html check it out!!! Read more
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI
An excellent review of the nomadic poetics of Grzegorz Wroblewski in Jacket 2. Read it here: the world according to GW Read more
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my new book now available from MIPOesias Chapbook Series 2012
download for free . . . or buy print version if you so desire . . . art by Grzegorz Wroblewski poems by Marcus Slease from Smashing Time: poems from Smashing Time! Read more
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Get while you can!!
a set of post-punk visual poetry ceramic tile coasters by Grzegorz Wroblewsk ……………… YIPPIE!!! post punk ceramic coaster Read more
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play translated into English by Grzegorz Wroblewski
we need many more plays of Grzegorz Wroblewski translated into English . . . please please . . . money . . relationships . . happiness . . . and of course the language here . . . works really well in English . . . great translation . . . check it out .… Read more
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some hot new translations of Grzegorz Wroblewski
3:am magazine is kickin in some fresh hot poetry . . . . check out G. Wroblewski . . . stellar as usual: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/grzegorz-wroblewski-5-poems/ Read more
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some paintings by Grzegorz Wroblewski
some paintings of Grzegorz Wroblewski they are even better live in person . . . . so happy happy gluck lick Ewa and I have two of his paintings on our wall . . . Read more
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hot shit from Poland!!
Adam is a mighty fine poet and translator . His translations of Grzegorz Wroblewski, A Marzipan Factory, were just published by Otoliths. He has the touch with Wroblewski’s translations into English. I dig it. No doubt, if read, many more will dig it!!! Tender elliptical Kafkaesque dramatic situations spun oh so well!!! witty, charming, slender,… Read more
