Polish California: From Pioneers to Silicon Valley
Meet the “Polanders” of California who celebrated their 150th anniversary.
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CR publishes book + film reviews, interviews, profiles and more. All with a Polish slant, in English.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Features
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Poetry
Salon Poezji
New York Times columnist David Orr once noted that while it’s impossible to know which country has the best writers, let alone the best poets… if cash money were on the line, you’d find few critics willing to bet against Poland. Now, the world’s best celebrate Polish American poets.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Bulletin Board
Fall 2013 Bulletin Board
Stefan Norblin’s life and art continue to fascinate; Ida dazzles, as does Life Feels Good. Wojtek the Soldier Bear gets his own Scottish tartan; Beth Holmgren’s book on Helena Modjeska is awarded; and Magda Romanska seems to be everywhere. Plus Katy Carr explores war and freedom through film and music workshops.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Commentary
Welcome to CR’s Summer 2013 issue!
Poland is wherever Polish people are… India, the Canadian Rockies, or the Wianki festival in Washington DC.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Commentary
A Farewell to Poland in the Rockies
PitR, as it is affectionately called, leaves many great memories and a far flung network. A toast to Tony Muszynski, who created it: Sto lat!
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books
Polska Dotty
Here’s a writer you’ll immediately want to invite for dinner. Along with his charming father. And there, over great Polish food, you can tell him what you like, and don’t like, about his book.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books
From a Polish Country House Kitchen
Attention all foodies: Polish food is fresh, lively and delicious. Reviewer Pierre Gratton dismisses stale opinions. A French conspiracy, he suspects, ably put down by Anne Applebaum and Danielle Crittenden.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Bulletin Board
Summer 2013 Bulletin Board
Magda Romanska’s new play, Opheliamachine, in LA; Piotr Piwowarczyk’s film, Santa Rosa, in Chicago; Basia and Leonard Myszynski’s Modjeski film in the works; and historian Timothy Snyder everywhere.
Commentary
Cosmopolitan Review is Back!
With a fresh and lively look, new writers, lots of reviews and book news, plus great features, CR blends topics light and serious, old and new, all of them focusing – or merely touching upon – something Polish, but not necessarily from a Polish perspective.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Commentary
Bill Johnston: Educator Extraordinaire
A tsunami of honours fell upon Bill Johnston in 2012. CR surfs on that giant wave with a few observations of its own, along with some from Tamara Trojanowska and from students who will never forget him.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Bulletin Board
Spring 2013 Bulletin Board
Lots of honors and awards for books – all reviewed in CR. Plus: An artist comes home; Elgar for the musically inclined; Manya, the Living History of Maria Skłodowska-Curie; and a beer named for Wojtek the Soldier Bear.
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 — Spring / Bulletin Board
Spring 2012 Bulletin Board
• Polish-German Relations
• Ice Warriors – Poland’s Adam Mickiewicz Institute publishes its first comic book
• Quo Vadis 2012 in Calgary, Canada
• Freedom Climbers author Bernadette McDonald in Montreal + Ottawa
• The Slavic Performing Arts Heritage Festival at Luzerne County Community College in Shamokin, PA – Writing Competition
2011 Vol. 3 No. 4 — Winter / Bulletin Board
Winter 2011-12 Bulletin Board
• Bogusław Schaeffer honored in chocolate
• Helena Modjeska in chocolate and elsewhere
• A new element named for Copernicus
• Radioactive, a biography of Marie and Pierre Curie, a National Book Award finalist
• Jan Lisiecki, pianist extraordinaire
• Wojtek the Soldier Bear is now a film
• Poland’s Prime Minister named European of the Year
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