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Ellen Bass Reads Adam Zagajewski

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Reflecting on 'Try to Praise the Mutilated World'

An analysis of Adam Zagajewski's poem 'Try to Praise the Mutilated World', exploring the themes of mutability, praising beauty in a shattered world, and the poem's personal significance during the Passover Seder.

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