Tag: America

A Poetic Hurricane
Art + Stories
Opinions

A Poetic Hurricane

The American poet Amanda Gorman recently made headlines with her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Her work promises an exciting future.
Bartosz Wójcik
The Peace Pilgrim
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Peace Pilgrim

For almost three decades Mildred Norman – better known as Peace Pilgrim – walked continuously around the Americas. What spurred her spiritual awakening?
Ewa Pluta
The White Lady Comes After Dark
Soul + Body, Art + Stories
Good Mood, Fiction

The White Lady Comes After Dark

In Latin America, the unique concept of death is a combination of Indigenous beliefs and those imported by the Spanish colonizers.
Maciej Wesołowski
Out of America
Art + Stories
Opinions

Out of America

In his latest novel “Homeland Elegies”, American playwright and author Ayad Akhtar crafts a tale of the complexities of being a second generation citizen in 21st-century America.
Paulina Wilk
Peter Mac Looks at the Luggage
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Peter Mac Looks at the Luggage

In this excerpt from Małgorzata Szejnert’s non-fiction book “Ellis Island: A People’s History”, the author recounts the peculiarities of the island’s multinational luggage room.
Małgorzata Szejnert
In the Valley of the Gods
Art + Stories
Fiction

In the Valley of the Gods

Director Lech Majewski talks about his experiences with the Navajo people, the importance of artists in cinema, and his latest film “Valley of the Gods”.
Jan Pelczar
The Little Brother of War
World + People, Art + Stories
Dreams and Visions, Fiction

The Little Brother of War

Lacrosse is North America’s oldest sport, practised by the various Native American peoples long before the Europeans colonized their land – and the game.
Andrzej Kula
The Bloody Conquest
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Bloody Conquest

The colonization of the Americas is often described as a ‘discovery’ and a ‘great adventure’, words which mask the reality of the bloody genocide that took place there.
Tomasz Wiśniewski
Hurricane-Proof Homes
Soul + Body
The Four Elements, Nature

Hurricane-Proof Homes

America’s coastal cities are already threatened by hurricanes, and global warming will only make this worse. How can architects adapt to this reality?
Zygmunt Borawski
Difficult Journeys in New York
Art + Stories
Experiences

Difficult Journeys in New York

A scholar remembers a journey he made to New York in the 1980s, and reflects on the relationships he encountered, some of which were better avoided.
Ziauddin Sardar