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Janusz Bardach Memorial Reading

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The second half of a memorial reading honoring Janusz Bardach, a long-time faculty member at the University of Iowa and IWP contributor.  Katie Gleeson who helped Bardach pen his memoir, Man is to Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag, reads from some of his writings.  Piotr Sommer recites a selection of his poems to end the reading. 

In: International Writing Program Archive | Nonfiction | Poetry

Authors: Katie Gleeson , Piotr Sommer, Janusz Bardach

Date Recorded: September 02, 2002

Works Read: Man is Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag, by Janusz Bardach and Katie Gleeson; Piotr Sommer's poems "Space;" "Indiscretions;" "Station Lights;" "Fragile;" "Continued"

Program: --

Format: reading

Contributors: Christopher Merrill

Topics: Janusz Bardach

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