<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for szymborska wislawa]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for szymborska wislawa]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/christchurch/rss/search?query=szymborska%20wislawa&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:16:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[How to Start Writing (and When to Stop)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this witty "how-to" guide, Wisława Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave-anonymously-for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly. "I sigh to be a poet," Miss A. P. from Bialogard exclaims. "I groan to be an editor," Szymborska responds. Szymborska stubbornly insists on poetry's "prosaic side": "Let's take the wings off and try writing on foot, shall we?"]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1279139</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1279139</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Szymborska, Wisława]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1279139037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Advice for Authors</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item></channel></rss>