Rozmowy z pisarką/pisarzem – nowa odsłona?
Interviews with (Woman) Writers: A New Variety?

Summary/Abstract: Łebkowska explores the returning wave of “interviews with writers” with a focus on woman writers, who had long been neglected in Poland. Among the common features of this new variety she identifies a certain vitalism (often associated with being in touch with nature or with the freedom of a traveller) as well as a turn towards the everyday, the body, emotions and a problematisation of human relationships. Compared with older interviews this new variety is marked by intervention, a desire to speak up, based on the belief that the silence must be broken – at least with regard to certain topics. There are many answers to the question why such interviews continue to thrive, but the one that seems most relevant today centres on the idea that a writer’s voice must be heard.

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