For the first time this year, The White Review Poet’s Prize was open to poets based anywhere in the world. Last month we announced a shortlist of eight poets. ...
Genowefa Jakubowska-Fijałkowska's poems have been published in numerous journals and newspapers, in her native Polish as well as in English, German, Czech, Russian and Slovene translations. Her most recent bilingual collection, of me a worm and of the worm verses (2012), was published by OFF_PRESS in London. Having twice been awarded the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship, she still lives and works in Mikołów.
El Polaco appears brandishing his Stanley, as he lovingly calls his pocket knife. Five young hooligans huddle round him like classroom students. He leaves...
