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Adam Zagajewski

Adam Zagajewski was born in Lvov in 1945. His previous books include Tremor; Canvas; Mysticism for Beginners; Without End; Solidarity, Solitude; Two Cities; Another Beauty; and A Defense of Ardor—all published by FSG. He lives in Paris and Houston.

Works

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Eternal Enemies
Poems

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The highway became the Red Sea. We moved through the storm like a sheer valley. You drove; I looked at you with love. —from “Storm” One of the most...
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A Defense of Ardor
Essays

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Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike. In his new collection of essays, Adam...
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Without End
New and Selected Poems

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I love to swim in the sea, which keeps talking to itself in the monotone of a vagabond who no longer recalls exactly how long he’s been on the road....
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Mysticism for Beginners

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Powerful New work by a modern master. You must listen, listen, listen. Tired springs breathe under water. At four in the morningthe last, lonely bolt of...
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Canvas
Poems

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Canvas, Zagajewski's second book to appear in English, features all of this poet's distinctive traits. In these sixty-one poems, syntax explodes, masses of...

Audio

'Ravenna'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read his unpublished poem 'Ravenna' the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.

Duration: 01:40
'En Route'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read his poem 'En Route' from the book Eternal Enemies at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.

Duration: 03:05
'Epithalamium'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read his poem 'Epithalamium' from the book Eternal Enemies at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.

Duration: 2:07
Adam Zagajewski Reads 'The International Poetry Festival Thing'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read Les Murray's 'The International Poetry Festival Thing' in 1996.

Duration: 03:49
'Mysticism For Beginners'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read 'Mysticism for Beginners.'

Duration: 01:47
'The Blackened River'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read his poem 'The Blackened River.'

Duration: 00:48
'My Self-Portrait'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read his poem 'My Self-Portrait.'

Duration: 03:21
'The Beauty Created By Others'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read his poem 'The Beauty Created By Others.'

Duration: 00:58
'On Swimming' and 'She Wrote in Darkness'

Listen to Adam Zagajewski read his poems 'On Swimming' and 'She Wrote in Darkness.'

Duration: 02:09
Adam Zagajewski
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Bestseller

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Without End
New and Selected Poems

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I love to swim in the sea, which keeps talking to itself in the monotone of a vagabond who no longer recalls exactly how long he’s been on the road....

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