Mikołaj Gliński
is an Editor at Przekroj.pl/EN. He is also a translator, co-author of a book about the Polish language “Quarks, Elephants and Pierogi”, and a senior staff writer at Culture.pl, where he writes about Polish culture for non-Polish speakers.
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The Tales of a Belarusian Scheherazade
The Tales of a Belarusian Scheherazade
A Hidden Classic of Gothic Folklore
Magazine / culture
The 19th-century collection of fantastical tales “Nobleman Zavalnya” helped popularize Belarusian literature and folk culture—150 years after it was published.
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In the Footsteps of Russian Spirituality
In the Footsteps of Russian Spirituality
The Way of a Pilgrim
Magazine / culture
“The Way of a Pilgrim” is a classic work of 19th-century Eastern Orthodox mysticism that charts the travels of an anonymous Russian ascetic. Its influence has also spread to the West.
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Lem, the Prophet
Stanisław Lem
Lem, the Prophet
How the Sci-Fi Writer Foresaw the Future
Magazine / culture
More than half a century ago, the Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem predicted a great number of gadgets and technology that we regularly use today.
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Becoming Unorthodox
Becoming Unorthodox
An Interview with Eli Rosen
Reading / culture
Yiddish cultural consultant and actor Eli Rosen talks about the changing Hasidic community in New York, his role in the making of the Netflix series “Unorthodox”, and fulfilling his childhood dream of playing a rabbi.
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The Teacher of Joy
The Teacher of Joy
A Hasidic Way to Happiness
Magazine / society
Nachman of Breslov may have been an 18th-century Hasidic master, but his spiritual teachings—especially those on joy—are nonetheless relevant to all of our lives today.
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I Am Just the Monkey, Not the Organ Grinder
I Am Just the Monkey, Not the Organ Grinder
Antonia Lloyd-Jones on Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize
Reading / culture
“I am just the monkey, not the organ grinder. And I am one of very many monkeys, and a very small one at that,” says Antonia Lloyd-Jones (who has translated three novels by Olga Tokarczuk) when asked about the Nobel Prize in Literature 2018.
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The Beating of the Horned Heart ♫
Media / Audio
On the centenary of Poland’s independence, we take a closer look at the odd relationship Poles have with freedom. Here, we observe the artist Stanisław Szukalski as he goes searching for traces of ancient Poles on Easter Island.
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Sorrow and Pain, Torment and Martyrdom
Sorrow and Pain, Torment and Martyrdom
The Latter Years of Tadeusz Peiper
Magazine / society
In the early 1920s, Taduesz Peiper was one of Poland’s leading avant-garde poets. 30 years later, he was ostracized by his peers as his mental health spiralled into decline.
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The Beating of the Horned Heart
The Beating of the Horned Heart
Stanisław Szukalski’s Delirious Creativity
Magazine / society
On the centenary of Poland’s independence, we take a closer look at the odd relationship Poles have with freedom. Here, we observe the artist Stanisław Szukalski as he goes searching for traces of ancient Poles on Easter Island.