1905, A Very Good Year
For anyone who missed the grand party at the Metropolitan Opera on May 2, 1905, here is a report from Lynn Ludlow and Maureen Mroczek Morris, who know everybody who is anybody in Polish California.
Articles written by: Maureen Mroczek Morris
Maureen Mroczek Morris is the Consular Assistant to the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in San Francisco (C. Kerosky) and Treasurer of the Polish Club in San Francisco. She is currently co-authoring a book with Lynn Ludlow (primary author), tentatively titled: THE TOSSPOT, THE SCRIBBLER, AND THE DIVA, about Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski, Henry Sienkiewicz and Helena Modjeska.
Commentary
2015 Vol. 7 No. 2 — Summer / Features
Chess with the General
Traveling back in time again to 19th Century California where those expert tour guides, Lynn Ludlow and Maureen Mroczek Morris, take us to San Francisco’s lively gathering spot, the New York Casino. Owned by General Kris, the handsomest general in the Union Army, the Casino is known for its convivial spirit along with a steady flow of spirits. A regular patron is Rudolf Korwin Piotrowski who likes nothing more than philosophical discussions about the true nature of “Polishness” between visits to the generous – and free – offerings at the General’s table.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Features
The Tosspot and the Diva
Henryk Sienkiewicz gave us Zagłoba, the hard drinking patriot noted for his girth – and mirth, but who knew that Sienkiewicz had found him in America?
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
The Warsaw Conspiracy
James Conroyd Martin’s very popular Polish trilogy is now complete. Martin has a genuine fondness for his characters, says reviewer Maureen Mroczek Morris, as does the reader.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 4 — Winter / Features
Manya, The Living History of Marie Skłodowska Curie
A spellbinding performance by a master storyteller.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Books
Passage from England: A Memoir
Frank Zajaczkowski’s memoir about growing up in a dysfunctional family and eventually learning his father’s story and coming to understand it.
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Books
The Katyń Order – A Novel of WWII Reviewed
American novelist Doug Jacobson weaves a fictional tale against the background of the great crime.
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Interviews
CR Talks To… Doug Jacobson, Author of The Katyń Order
Maureen Mroczek Morris talks to to the author of The Katyń Order about the use of fiction to tell a historical tale.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 — Fall / Books
Quiet Hero: Secrets From My Father’s Past
A tale of discovery – about a father’s heroic but tragic wartime experience, and the discovery of the author’s Polish heritage.
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