{"id":17814,"date":"2025-08-12T22:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?p=17814"},"modified":"2025-09-16T20:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:35:02","slug":"polish-prose-on-tour-in-the-u-s-new-voices-in-polish-literature-feminist-queer-narratives-in-independent-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2025\/08\/12\/polish-prose-on-tour-in-the-u-s-new-voices-in-polish-literature-feminist-queer-narratives-in-independent-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"POLISH PROSE on Tour in the U.S.: New Voices in Polish Literature \u2013 Feminist &amp; Queer Narratives in Independent Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM<br>Hunter College<\/strong><br>695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065 Room B126<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the conversation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1118149625?share=copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/conversation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/conversation.jpg 530w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/conversation-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Feminist and queer voices are flourishing in the 2020s Polish literary scene, especially in independent publishing. Emerging from DIY practices and gaining recognition through major literary awards, feminist and queer authors create a new narrative landscape where literature, art, and activism intersect. How to create space for feminist and queer voices despite the conservative turn? And how can translation serve as a tool for community-building across borders?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a discussion and reading with Maria Halber\u2014editor and author of the award-winning novel&nbsp;<em>Stru\u017cki<\/em>&nbsp;[<em>Trickle<\/em>], the recipient of the Conrad Prize for best fiction debut; Aleksandra&nbsp;Kami\u0144ska\u2014scholar and co-founder of the queer small press Girls and Queers to the Front; and Monika Zaleska\u2014writer, translator, and literary scholar. Together, they will discuss the role of activism in literature, opposing mainstream narratives about minorities in Central Eastern Europe, making poetry and fiction political, bilingual publishing, and tracing the growing recognition of feminist and queer narratives in both Polish and American literature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/maria_halber-6-1-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17833\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/maria_halber-6-1-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/maria_halber-6-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/maria_halber-6-1-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/maria_halber-6-1-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/maria_halber-6-1.jpg 1329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maria Halber<\/strong>&nbsp;is a poet, writer, and editor. She made her literary debut with the poetry collection&nbsp;<em>Przej\u015bcia<\/em>&nbsp;(Staromiejski Dom Kultury, 2020), followed by her first novel,&nbsp;<em>Stru\u017cki<\/em>&nbsp;(Cyranka, 2023), which received the Conrad Prize for best prose debut. A recipient of the Adam W\u0142odek Scholarship from the Wis\u0142awa Szymborska Foundation, she is also a part of the Girls and Queers to the Front initiative. Her work has been featured in&nbsp;<em>Pismo<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Dwutygodnik<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Ma\u0142y Format<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Wizje<\/em>. She lives and works in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/aleksandra-kaminska-_zdj-kasia-szenajch-2025-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17834\" style=\"width:277px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/aleksandra-kaminska-_zdj-kasia-szenajch-2025-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/aleksandra-kaminska-_zdj-kasia-szenajch-2025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/aleksandra-kaminska-_zdj-kasia-szenajch-2025-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/aleksandra-kaminska-_zdj-kasia-szenajch-2025-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/aleksandra-kaminska-_zdj-kasia-szenajch-2025.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aleksandra&nbsp;Kami\u0144ska<\/strong>, PhD, is a scholar, publisher, and activist based in Warsaw. She is a co-founder of the Girls and Queers to the Front initiative (@girlsandqueerstothefront).&nbsp;Since 2015, GQTTF has been creating space for queer and women artists, writers, and musicians by organizing workshops, concerts, performances, readings, and curating exhibitions.&nbsp;Kami\u0144ska\u2019s research and artistic practices explore life narratives, girl as an identity category, and feminist modes of production. She is an assistant professor at the University of Warsaw.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/Zaleska-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17835\" style=\"width:278px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/Zaleska-headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/07\/Zaleska-headshot-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monika Zaleska<\/strong>&nbsp;is a writer, translator, and PhD candidate at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. She holds an MFA from Brooklyn College, where she was fiction editor of The Brooklyn Review and taught in the English department. She now teaches Polish literature at Hunter College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/MKiDN_IAM_black.pdf-1024x388.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/MKiDN_IAM_black.pdf-1024x388.png 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/MKiDN_IAM_black.pdf-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/MKiDN_IAM_black.pdf-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/MKiDN_IAM_black.pdf.png 1408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PMHunter College695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065 Room B126 Watch the conversation here. 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