POEM PRESENT is pleased to have the opportunity to present a reading by Professor Adam Zagajewski, who joined the faculty of The Committee on Social Thought in Fall 2007.

Adam Zagajewski lives in Krakow and Chicago.  His collections in English translation include Tremor (1985), Canvas (1991), Mysticism for Beginners (1997), Another Beauty (2000), and the anthology Without End (2002). Among his books of essays are Solidarity, Solitude (1986, tr. 1989) and Two Cities (1991, tr. 1995).  Zagajewski has also written several novels, in addition to editing Polish Writers on Writing (Trinity University Press, 2007). His most recent collection of poems, Eternal Enemies, will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Recorded Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at University of Chicago.