Wanda Dynowska / Umadevi: A Polish Guide to Indian Culture
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.
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2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Features
2013 Vol. 5 No. 2 — Summer / Features / Music
The Cabaret Star and the Orphans: From Warsaw to India
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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