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Author: Michal Karski

Arts & Letters Fiction & Poetry 

Radio Free Krakow: 2018 Edition

September 30, 2018October 1, 2018 Michal Karski 5 Comments

A satirical imagining of what the Rolling Stones might play in the topsy-turvy political landscape of Poland (and Europe) in 2018

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History & Politics 

Józef Retinger: Adventures of an Enigmatic Polish Patriot

September 7, 2018 Michal Karski 4 Comments

Krakow-born Józef Retinger (1888-1960) led a life of intrigue, adventure, controversy, and influence that shapes Poland and Europe even today

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Tadeusz Kościuszko as portrayed by Juliusz Kossak
Arts & Letters Fiction & Poetry 

RADIO FREE KRAKOW: The Kościuszko Interview

February 4, 2018 Michal Karski 28 Comments

Satirist Michal Karski imagines what General Tadeusz Kościuszko would have to say about a recent censorship bill by the Polish government

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Deal with it
Arts & Letters Fiction & Poetry 

RADIO FREE KRAKOW: A Satirical Summer Playlist

August 26, 2017August 27, 2017 Michal Karski 20 Comments

Your DJ Michelin Man (aka ‘Fatboy’ Karski’) brings you the hottest political hits to jam to during the dog days of democr— er, summer in Poland!

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Culture Film & TV 

Film Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife

August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 Michal Karski 3 Comments

The Zookeeper’s Wife, based on a true story, is a tribute to the spirit of Polish resistance to the tyranny imposed by Hitler’s Third Reich

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Arts & Letters Fiction & Poetry 

Fiction: “I Came, I Saw, I Ate Obwarzanki”: The Roman Origins of Krakow

May 22, 2017 Michal Karski 5 Comments

Fake news from Michal Karski, who interviewed noted Herzoslovakian Professor Vimislav Estrafalario on Krakow’s founding by a bicycling ancient Roman

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Fiction & Poetry 

What Wojtek Did Next: A Beer-Drinking Bear in Paradise

December 9, 2015December 9, 2015 Michal Karski 6 Comments

The Krakow Post has gained exclusive access to the celestial diary which Wojtek, the Soldier Bear who aided Polish troops in WWII, started keeping after his promotion to paradise.

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History & Politics News 

August in Poland: Foreign Fighters in the Polish Resistance

August 14, 2015August 28, 2015 Michal Karski 27 Comments

Several hundred foreign nationals are estimated to have fought for the Polish cause in WWII. Nigerian jazz drummer August Browne was one of them.

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Columns Film & TV 

All Brutal on the Eastern Front: A belated view of ‘Generation War’

May 29, 2015 Michal Karski 10 Comments

‘Generation War’ is a seriously flawed work, albeit an attempt, of sorts, to get to grips with the experience of so-called “ordinary” Germans.

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Culture Fiction & Poetry 

A Tall Tale for Christmas

December 23, 2012August 28, 2015 Michal Karski 3 Comments

A Tall Tale for the Festive Season, in which diverse statements of a dubious nature are recounted for the entertainment of Krakow Post readers…
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