Everyone - I was recently contacted by a prize-winning Polish poet and musician Grzgorz Kwiatkowski, who has published a collection of poems translated into English called "Crops": https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.raintaxi.com/crops/__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYh3f0ec1$ . He also is a part of a post-punk rock band called "Trupa Trupa" which has been featured on NPR, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and elsewhere and starting this week will be touring the United States.
I had not heard of him or his band before and found some interesting background information about the way in which he turns to art to confront evil and hatred. He has been called "one of the most vital poetic voices from today's Poland, with six volumes of acclaimed poetry and translated editions on the way." Crops is one of them. Some of his work is brutally vivid but deeply felt and meant to awaken people to action against violence and intolerance. His grandfather was a concentration camp survivor of Stutthof. Last year, he was featured on a webinar produced by Stanford University's Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES): https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://creees.stanford.edu/news/i-say-it-burns-poetpost-rock-musician-grzegorz-kwiatkowski-conversation-cynthia-haven__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYsj9iOCH$ If you would like to order his book, see him on tour in the U.S., or learn more about him and his work see e.g., https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grzegorzkwiatkowski.com/en/__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYoUkiDWW$ https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/29/trupa-trupa-the-polish-post-punk-band-confronting-the-holocaust__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYnkLjt31$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/29/trupa-trupa-the-polish-post-punk-band-confronting-the-holocaust__;!!IBzWLUs!TvdSE0uxcVwjR59Fj3KmELvH3pXaVevMjSoTuhSTfDmssxS6asb6fHifHp85KBIFYp8negqWd8u5do_b688W1cDqAKF36jI$> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/trupa-trupa-uniforms-song-review-1280646/__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYujzJmbP$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/trupa-trupa-uniforms-song-review-1280646/__;!!IBzWLUs!TvdSE0uxcVwjR59Fj3KmELvH3pXaVevMjSoTuhSTfDmssxS6asb6fHifHp85KBIFYp8negqWd8u5do_b688W1cDqkQH0Vqs$> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/trupa-trupa-b-flat-a/__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYrTpXK_5$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/trupa-trupa-b-flat-a/__;!!IBzWLUs!TvdSE0uxcVwjR59Fj3KmELvH3pXaVevMjSoTuhSTfDmssxS6asb6fHifHp85KBIFYp8negqWd8u5do_b688W1cDqWWqHClI$> Upcoming tour: April 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA April 29 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge April 30 - Washington, D.C. @ DC9 May 3 - Detroit, MI @ Third Man May 4 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas May 5 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry May 7 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir May 8 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza May 11 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord May 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge Be well, Arthur -- Arthur Kiron, Ph.D. Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 Tel: (215) 573-7431 Fax: (215) 898-0559 Web: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/judaica/__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYi_LeoPG$ Wednesdays and Fridays at: Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 420 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 Tel: (215) 746-1290 Web: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.library.upenn.edu/lkcajs__;!!KGKeukY!zp5kFPtGG1qSGmY3AtnG_auH1wtx1cbFNeD2UfgEqzKeAofPKvGGYXNTrG-ebSKH-M3WvmCo00SuUcY9K0BtaLOiLyrPYtYdKJ4k$
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