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The history of the prose poem is a long and fascinating one
Romance or The End 'belongs in the heartbreak canon with Maggie Nelson's Bluets (2009) or Anne Carson's The Glass Essay (1995)'
On Centaurs & Other Poems None Yet More Willing Told Gaia dringt zich als muzeZuzanna Ginczanka (trans. Alex Branzasky) Ginczanka's surreal and mythologically informed poetry appeared at a time in Poland when Jewish poets like Julian Tuwim were at the helm of the avant garde in the Skamander poetic movement. Her 1936 collection On Centaurs was released to great acclaim when she was barely 20 years old. Dubbed "Tuwim in a skirt" by her contemporaries, Ginczanka's youth, gender, and Jewish background posed challenges to her