Oxygen: Selected Poems

by Julia Fiedorczuk, Bill Johnston (Translator)

Explorations of humans in the natural world using tender, sometimes erotic, always moving language.

Julia Fiedorczuk entangles images and concepts from science (astronomy, physics, and biology) with deeply personal explorations of relationships and connectedness in her debut poetry book in English. Nature abounds in these poems, and Fiedorczuk is, in turn, ever present in "that luscious fruit, the world." Her passionate engagement with the details of the environment and the people in it makes hers an unforgettable voice in contemporary ecopoetics, one that argues for empathy and alertness. She has published five volumes of poetry, three of fiction, and three books on ecocriticism, and won several Polish literary awards.

Genres: Poetry

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 2017

About the author

Poetka, tłumaczka. Debiutowała w roku 2000 tomem poetyckim "Listopad nad Narwią", za który otrzymała nagrodę Polskiego Towarzystwa Wydawców Książek. Autorka kilku zbiorów wierszy: "Bio" (2004), "Planeta rzeczy zagubionych" (2006), "Tlen" (2009) i "tuż-tuż" (2012), a także zbioru opowiadań "Poranek Marii" (2010) oraz powieści "Biała Ofelia" (2012). Laureatka wielu nagród, w tym austriackiej nagrody Huberta Burdy (2005). Adiunkt w Instytucie Anglistyki na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. Jej utwory zostały przełożone na 17 języków, w tym walijski, japoński i islandzki. Mieszka w Warszawie.

Reviews

[B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mostly just liked the more posthuman poetry in the first section.

Lands and Oceans: ~3.5 stars
Autobiographia Literaria: 2 stars
Psalms: 1.5

Overall: ~2.3