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AnexcitingcollectionofpoemsbyWislawaSzymborska.WhenHerewaspublishedinPoland,reviewersmarveled,“Howisitthatshekeepsgettingbetter?”Thesetwenty-sevenpoems,asrenderedbyprize-winningtranslatorsClareCavanaghandStanislawBaranczak,areamonghergreatestever.Whetherwritingaboutherteenageself,microscopiccreatures,ortheupsidestolivingonEarth,sheremainsavirtuosoofform,line,andthought.Fromthetitlepoem:Ican’tspeakforelsewhere,buthereonEarthwe’vegotafairsupplyofeverything.Herewemanufacturechairsandsorrows,scissors,tenderness,transistors,violins,teacups,dams,andquips...Likenowhereelse,oralmostnowhere,you’regivenyourowntorsohere,equippedwiththeaccessoriesrequiredforaddingyourownchildrentotherest.Nottomentionarms,legs,andastonishedhead.,