THE POLKA PODCAST. Episode 3: Polish poetry with Piotr Florczyk and focus on the European Poetry Festival

The third episode of The Polka Podcast is now available to list on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, but also on YouTube and Amazon Music.

Part 1: Polish poetry now

Our guest, Piotr Florczyk, is an award-winning poets, scholar, essayist and translator. Among his two dozen publications are Dialogue and Influence: Essays on Polish and American Poets and Swimming Pool, a poetry collection. He translates Polish poetry into English. More at piotrflorczyk.com

Poets mentioned:

• Czesław Miłosz
• Wisława Szymborska
• Zbigniew Herbert
• Adam Zagajewski
• Tadeusz Dąbrowski
• Anna Świrszczyńska AKA Anna Swir
• Julian Kornhauser
• Joanna Bociąg
• Maciej Robert
• Krzysztof Siwczyk
• Antonina Tosiek

Readings:

• Piotr Florczyk reads two poems by Joanna Bociąg
• Piotr Florczyk reads two poems by Maciej Robert

Part 2: More on Polish poetry and the European Poetry Festival

European Poetry Festival Polish evening participants: Weronika Lewandowska dna Misha Foster Poole, Agata Masłowska and Agnieszka Studzińska, Maria Jastrzębska and Jules Sprake, Anna Błasiak and Susie Campbell, Tomasz Mielcarek and Michael Back, Nasim Łuczaj and Hannah Klip, Landa Wo and James Byrne and Magda Drozd and Steven J. Fowler.

Other poets mentioned:

Radosław Wiśniewski

Readings:

• Anna Błasiak reads an excerpt from Psalm to Saint Sabina by Radosław Wiśniewski (sidewayspress.com)

Readings from the European Poetry Festival:

• Agata Masłowska and Agnieszka Studzińska
• Maria Jastrzębska and Jules Sprake

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Thank you to our guest, Piotr Florczyk. Thank you also to Agata Masłowska, Agnieszka Studzińska, Maria Jastrzębska and Jules Sprake for giving us permission to use the recordings of their performances at the European Poetry Festival in June 2026, and to Steven J Fowler, the curator of the EPF.