CR is celebrating spring with a new look because, as you will see, it's time for a party.There's much to celebrate, starting with the 200th birthday of Poland's most famous exile, Frederic Chopin, born in Żelazowa Wola, just outside of Warsaw. We join the festivities bearing gifts of poetry, prose and a guide to Chopin events worldwide. In CR's first fiction, Eva Stachniak transforms her readers into aristocratic guests at a salon in Paris in the company of Polish exiles, among them, Chopin himself. (Photo: Liberté 1 by "MonOeil" from creativecommons.org)
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 PolandSame Neighborhood. New Friends? by Krzysztof Bobiński > World, culture, analysis
CR recommends
Aquila Polonica to visit Montreal and Ottawa > |
Chopin 2010
Chopin with Cherries: a tribute in verse [selected poems] > Profiles
 Catching up with ... Jan Lisiecki, pianist extraordinaire by Kinia Adamczyk >
Books
Introducing this issue's contributors Once again, cosmopolitan review is happy to feature the work of seasoned as well as emerging writers. We are currently looking for regular and part-time contributors to write reviews, interviews, analysis and feature pieces. We will be accepting pitches and ideas for our summer issue between May 10 - June 10.
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Rome's Most Faithful Daughter 
Is there a parallel between Warsaw’s Soviet-built Palace and Poles’ relationship with their past?
She was, it appears, a rather difficult child, always willful, sometimes disobedient and frequently unpredictable...
Chopin with Cherries: 
Recovering a Stolen Childhood: Wesley Adamczyk has collected memoirs of Polish children in exile.
A Canadian Minister visits Poland: Reflections - A sombre commemoration, a vibrant Poland
The 1989 generation is the first for hundreds of years which doesn't have to do anything extraordinarily brave for their country.
Jan Lisiecki on being a citizen of the world and on why he prefers music to math.
Nuclear weapons: a question of strategic and military purpose or a symbolic security guarantee?
When an American Dream Turns into an American Tragedy: The rise and fall of a polka king turned pauper.
Chopin starts from a simple melody and then, releasing his imagination, departs from the main theme and plays one variation after another.
Istanbul is alternately seductive and modest, attractive to men and women alike, and not inclined to be controlled by either of her two families, Asia and Europe. Our Istanbul top 13.
When a historian from Kashmir fell in love with Poland and a Polish woman, both love affairs ended tragically.
Wanda Urbanska bids Secretary of State Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka farewell in Warsaw.
Unsmiling bureaucrats and hospitable hosts, onion domes and skating to the music of Lady Gaga: welcome to St Pete's.
CR’s first fiction: Chopin, Countess Potocka and Prince Czartoryski in Paris.
With the Soviet dystopia as background, the book reads like a terror-filled adventure because it is not fiction
In this novel, a black author provides a rare look at race relations in Poland.
Urbanska shows that simplicity and style are compatible in her new book
Congratulations to Vancouver Olympic winners Justyna Kowalczyk and Adam Malysz, but... two athletes do not make a team.
Cool Tools ReJoyce – Dr. Jan Kowalczewski’s high tech exercise games help paraplegics in rehab.
Pfeiffer's insightful documentary about reporter Ryszard Kapuściński is a must
The very talented Justine Jablonska shares four narratives of the Polish WWII experience.
The Centre des arts actuels Skol introduces exhibition by Ian Wojtowicz
Poland in the Rockies: Application deadline March 31
Quo Vadis Essay competition: Deadline March 31
