Two Voices Presents: An Introduction to Wioletta Greg

As we get closer to the conversation, we thought we’d put together a little reading list to better acquaint you with this Polish poet and author.

• Wioletta Greg was born Wioletta Grzegorzewska and grew up in a small town in Jurassic Highland in Poland.
• A great review(opens in a new tab) of Swallowing Mercury, including a look at emigration and its effect on Greg’s work.
• The Guardian gives the novel a rave review(opens in a new tab).
• Read about waiting for the Popemobile and a young girl swallowing mercury in this excerpt from the novel(opens in a new tab).
• Check out another excerpt(opens in a new tab) from the novel in Granta: “During storms, I used to hide in the hallway and play at being Jonah. The shutters up in the attic would open with a bang. The faded curtain would billow out like the belly of a whale…”
• Wioletta Greg: “Often, a poem becomes the beginning of a story and the other way around.” Read the full interview.(opens in a new tab)
• Three poems(opens in a new tab) by Wioletta Greg.
• Her previous publications in English translation include the poetry collections Smena’s Memory(opens in a new tab) (2011) and Finite Formulae & Theories of Chance(opens in a new tab) (2014).
• Read Greg’s short story “The Bees,”(opens in a new tab) which begins: “On Sunday right after lunch, my father began preparing muskrat skins and cut his finger on a dirty penknife.”

Happy reading! We’ll see you Thursday. For more details about the event, check out our event listing.