A new book of poems by Wis?awa Szymborska is a rare and
exciting event. These twenty-seven poems, as rendered by
prize-winning translators Clare Cavanagh and Stanis?aw Baranczak,
are among her greatest ever. Whether writing about her teenage
self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to living on Earth, she
remains a virtuoso of form, line, and thought.
From the title poem:
I can't speak for elsewhere, but here on Earth we've got a fair
supply of everything.Here we manufacture chairs and sorrows,
scissors, tenderness, transistors, violins, teacups, dams, and
quips . . .
Like nowhere else, or almost nowhere, you're given your own torso
here, equipped with the accessories required for adding your own
children to the rest.Not to mention arms, legs, and astonished
head.
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