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Death is Nothing, Life is Everything... And Poetry is...? Maja Trochimczyk, California

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

On Polish Christmas in the Notre Dame Cathedral,and Ladies, and Cherries, and Music Boxes

The Cathedral floats up above my leopard prints and faux fur its stones polished by time There was a surprise waiting for me ...

Monday, December 7, 2015

On Dali's Silver Towers of Eyes

Daum Variations on Dali at Espace Dali in Paris Maja Trochimczyk with Hanna Kulenty and the Crowds of the Basilica Sacre Coeur ...

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving in Paris with Leonardo, Swans, Music, and Rain

Self-portrait with Leonardo at the Louvre, November 23, 2015. And they said, aren't you afraid to go? To Paris? Now? After the exp...

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Rain or No Rain? From Whisper to Torrent of Despair to Absence

The sound of rain has preoccupied poets "since time immemorial" - and rightly so. There are few more soothing sonorities than the...

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About Me

Maja Trochimczyk: As an author of seven scholarly books and hundreds of articles and book chapters, I'm well established in the music history world, with two main specializations: Polish music of the 19th and 20th centuries, and 20th-century contemporary music. A former Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga and current member of Village Poets and the Westside Women Writers, I have published over 300 poems in various journals and anthologies. I also wrote five volumes of poems and edited three poetry anthologies. I'm the Acting President of California State Poetry Society, President of Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club, President of Moonrise Press, and Board Secretary and Communications Director of the Polish American Historical Association. I also belong to the American Musicological Society, and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences. The Moonrise Press published 17 books of poetry and music history. I received fellowships and awards from the Canadian & Polish governments, USC, PAHA, City/County of Los Angeles, and American Council of Learned Societies. In 2016, I received PAHA's Creative Arts Prize for two books of poems inspired by WWII experiences of Polish civilians and children.

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