The Sound of Modern Polish Poetry with Aleksandra Kremer - Encounters with Polish Literature - S4E4

The Sound of Modern Polish Poetry with Aleksandra Kremer (Harvard)

How do we know how poetry should be read aloud? If there are recordings of the poet reading, how much are we missing if we read the poem on the page without listening to them? Or should we read first and listen later, to see what the words suggest on their own without our hearing the poet’s inflection? And what if we don’t even like the way the poet reads their own work?

In this episode, we discuss these topics and more with Aleksandra Kremer (Harvard University), who recently published a book on the influence of audio recording on the performance and writing of poetry in Poland. How does the way we read, and the ways in which poetry has been read historically affect the ways in which poets write in different eras and contexts? We consider examples from Julian Tuwim, Czesław Miłosz, Aleksander Wat, Miron Białoszewski, and Tadeusz Różewicz.

To get the most out of this discussion, please load this page of links and be prepared to pause the video to listen to the audio excerpts as they are mentioned—

https://scholar.harvard.edu/aleksandr...

Learn more about this episode, and see the biography of the guest on the Polish Cultural Institute New York's website: https://bit.ly/3vKi1v7

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Bartek Remisko, Executive Producer
David A. Goldfarb, Host & Producer
Natalia Iyudin, Producer