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Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

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Polish Book Club in Seattle and Polish Home Foundation present a special Polish poetry reading event. Kazimierz Poznanski, a professor at the UW and an accomplished writer, is going to read excerpts from his "Długi wiersz" (“The Long Poem” ) which consists of 60 poems, reflecting on love, life and loss. The book is going to be published in 2010 by LSW. Discussion and Q&A follow. Please contact Hanna Gil for a copy of “The Long Poem”.
When: Saturday, February 13, 2:15pm-3:30pm, 2010
Where: Green Lake Library, Seattle

Please note that Polish is the language of our meetings.

Our next meeting (#56):

Saturday, February 27, 2010, 11am-1pm,Green Lake Library, Seattle

Book: Andrzej Bart, "Rewers", W.A.B. 2009

"The Reverse: A Film Novella" is the author’s literary version of his own script which was made into a feature film under the same title by director Borys Lankosz. The plot is deceptively simple. The action takes place mainly in the Warsaw of 1952-53, but there are also a few contemporary scenes. Sabina, who is almost thirty and works as a poetry editor at one of Warsaw’s major publishing houses, lives with her mother and grandmother in a cramped flat full of mementos of pre-war grandeur. More...

"Reverse" - Official Film Website

Books for the future meeting

Michał Komar, "Wtajemniczenia", 2009 - Saturday, 11am-1pm, March 27, Green Lake Library, Seattle
Michał Olszewski , "Chwalcie łąki umajone", 2005 - Saturday, 11 am-1pm, April 24, Green Lake Library, Seattle
Olga Tokarczuk, "Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych", 2009
Krzysztof Varga, "Gulasz z Turula", 2008
Michał Witkowski "Margot", 2009
Maja Wolny, "Kara", 2009

Drawing: Renia czytająca, Wojciech Weiss, 1910