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The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer Originally written in Yiddish by a Polish Jewish émigré, this story recounts the experience of a Jew in the 17th century, the period in which With Fire and Sword is set. Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, …
Monologue of a Dog by Wisława Szymborska Arguably the best volume of poetry by this Nobel Prize-winning poet in a dual language edition that will allow us to read her in translation and compare back to the original. With humor, irony, and compassion, she explores everyday moments alongside larger questions of history, memory, love, and human existence. Pick your favorite …
What happens when American university students encounter Poland for the first time—not through textbooks or headlines, but by walking its streets, visiting its historic sites, and standing where history actually happened? “Remarks on American Student Reactions to Visiting Poland” explores those powerful first impressions. Since 2013, Professor Dorothy Pisarski of Drake University has led seven travel seminars to Poland, accompanying …