Nonrequired Reading : Prose Pieces

PRAISE FOR WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA "She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give it."--Edward Hirsch, The New York Times Magazine "[Szymborska] is unquestionably one of the great living European poets. She's accessible and deeply human and a joy--though it is a dark kind of joy--to read. . . . She is a poet to live with."--Robert Hass, The Washington Post Book World "Wislawa Szymborska is not only one of the finest poets living today, but also one of the most readable."--Charles Simic PRAISE FOR WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA"She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give it."--Edward Hirsch, "The New York Times Magazine""[Szymborska] is unquestionably one of the great living European poets. She's accessible and deeply human and a joy--though it is a dark kind of joy--to read. . . . She is a poet to live with."--Robert Hass, "The Washington Post Book World""Wislawa Szymborska is not only one of the finest poets living today, but also one of the most readable."--Charles Simic PRAISE FOR WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA "She teaches us how the world defies and evades the names we give it."--Edward Hirsch, "The New York Times Magazine" "[Szymborska] is unquestionably one of the great living European poets. She's accessible and deeply human and a joy--though it is a dark kind of joy--to read. . . . She is a poet to live with."--Robert Hass, "The Washington Post Book World" "Wislawa Szymborska is not only one of the finest poets living today, but also one of the most readable."--Charles Simic