night truck driver: 49 poems
By (Author) Marcin wietlicki
Translated by Elbieta Wjcik-Leese
Zephyr Press
Zephyr Press
12th April 2021
United States
General
Non Fiction
821.92
Paperback
120
Width 152mm, Height 203mm
Advance galleys to Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, NPR; Review and feature article campaign to 40-50 publications, including poetry, Slavic/Eastern European, mainstream; Collaborate with Polish Cultural Institute on US book tour to New York, Boston, midwest; Featured title at AWP, Boston Book Fair, Brooklyn Book Festival, ALTA; Eblasts to creative writing, Slavic/Eastern European Studies departments; Social media campaign on FaceBook and Twitter; Potential core text for World Literature, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing courses.
Marcin wietlicki (born 1961, Lublin) is a poet, crime writer and musician who has published twelve poetry collections, and writes most of the lyrics for two rock bands he regularly performs with. He co-edited (with Marcin Baran and Marcin Sendecki) the poetry anthology Dugie poegnanie. Tribute to Raymond Chandler (The Long Goodbye. Tribute to Raymond Chandler). He has received several major awards, including the 1996 Kocielski Foundation Prize, the Silesius Wroclaw Poetic Award (2012) and the Lublin Poetical Stone Award (2014), for lifetime achievement.