2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer — The Cosmopolitan Review

Welcome to CR’s Summer 2013 issue!

by CR × on June 25, 2013 at 11:55 am ×

Poland is wherever Polish people are… India, the Canadian Rockies, or the Wianki festival in Washington DC.

A Polish child in the arms of an Indian woman.

Second Homeland: Polish Refugees in India

by Irene Tomaszewski × on June 25, 2013 at 11:50 am ×

Anuradaha Bhattacharjee turned a rejected newspaper story into a PhD thesis and a book. And what a story: orphaned children, a loving maharaja, an inspiring Gandhi, and the kindness of strangers.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Features

Wanda Dynowska / Umadevi: A Polish Guide to Indian Culture

by Irene Tomaszewski × on June 25, 2013 at 11:30 am ×

Already surprised by a land of unimagined wonders, they now beheld a serene, sari-clad woman who spoke Polish and cared deeply about both her countries.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Features / Music

The Cabaret Star and the Orphans: From Warsaw to India

by Irene Tomaszewski × on June 25, 2013 at 11:30 am ×

Lithe, blonde, willowy and a free spirit, prewar cabaret star Hanka Ordonowna was to become a wartime rescuer of children and a sensitive chronicler of their harrowing story.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Travel

Zamość, Citta Ideale

by Irene Tomaszewski × on June 25, 2013 at 11:25 am ×

When was the last time you visited a citta ideale? No, not in Italy. Zamość, in Poland. Designed by Bernardo Morando, according to the vision of Jan Zamoyski, Chancellor of Poland, a nobleman and a magnate of great wealth.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Commentary

A Farewell to Poland in the Rockies

by CR × on June 25, 2013 at 11:25 am ×

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

The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe

by Michał Kasprzak × on June 25, 2013 at 11:20 am ×

“Can we make the past okay?” Michal Kasprzak weighs in on Marci Shore’s journey into the world of no innocent choices.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books

Bogusław Schaeffer: An Anthology

by Alena Aniskiewicz × on June 25, 2013 at 11:10 am ×

A great artist in the tradition of Schulz, Wyspiański and Witkiewicz, Bogusław Schaeffer and his work are ubiquitous in Poland. And should be better known beyond. Magda Romanska is helping do that with her translation of three of his works, reviewed here by Alena Aniskiewicz.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books

Polska Dotty

by CR × on June 25, 2013 at 11:00 am ×

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

Vera Gran: The Accused

by Irene Tomaszewski and Tecia Werbowski × on June 25, 2013 at 10:50 am ×

When Isaac Bashevis Singer said fate “is a trap we set for ourselves,” surely he wasn’t thinking of the Warsaw Ghetto. Two reviewers take issue with Agata Tuszynska’s biography of Vera Gran.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Books

From a Polish Country House Kitchen

by Pierre Gratton × on June 25, 2013 at 10:40 am ×

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 / Books

Polish Classic Desserts

by Justine Jablonska × on June 25, 2013 at 10:30 am ×

Justine Jablonska tests and tastes the rich dessert fare of Poland presented in Polish Classic Desserts and declares them: Heaven! She has a few quibbles, though, with some editorial content.

2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Bulletin Board

Summer 2013 Bulletin Board

by CR × on June 25, 2013 at 10:30 am ×

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.