The Tsar's Delirium The collection of stories is an easy reading, but it leaves a sad feeling about things that are already part of the past, that get lost failing to keep pace with civilization. These are things that we lose forever and irreversibly. The book is about Belarusian Padlasie village residents who consider themselves Orthodox believers but are pagans deep inside. It creates a true picture of a village, its residents, the... More »»

The Time of Anxiety and Hope is the last book of the four-book series The Daily Life of Belarusians in the Bialystok Area covering the post-World War II period from 1944 to 1956. Just like the previous books of the series, it is based on accounts of Podlasie residents interviewed by Niva weekly journalists. It seemed that the war and occupation was over and it was time to rebuild the country and return to normality. But armed groups c... More »»

The Niva weekly, a major periodical in Podlasie published by Belarusians in Poland wit focus ob Belarus, the country in which the minority has ethnic roots. The authors do not always describe Belarus as their native country, not because they really think so, but because Belarusian bureaucrats shun native language. People who speak Belarusian risk to be misunderstood in the Belarusian capital. Niva ran articles about culture, society and... More »»

Міра Лукша — журналістка, перакладчыца і пісьменьніца. нарадзілася ў 1958 годзе ў Гайнаўцы, паходзіць з этнічна ў значнай ступені беларускага рэгіёну на Беласточчыне, які належыць Польшчы. Па сканчэньні беларусістыкі і русістыкі ў Беластоку працуе журналісткай у тыднёвіку беларусаў у Польшчы "Ніва". У літаратуры дэбютавала ў 1973 г. Выдала некалькі зборнікаў вершаў і апавяданьняў. Майстар кароткіх лірычных нарысаў. Піша па-беларуску і п... More »

An asset of the print media is that it reflects the life of society and takes an unbiased look at developments. The Niva weekly is a unique periodical based in Bialystok. The newspaper is evidence of Belarusian presence in the area. Flipping through newspaper pages one can find out about everything that happened and that is happening. This is a history written by journalists. For this reason, the weekly's board published Correspondents'... More »»

Ніва — штотыднёвая газэта, што выдаецца беларускай меншасьцю ў Польшчы. Газэта была заснаваная ў 1956 годзе ў Беластоку Беларускім грамадзка-культурным таварыствам. Газэта сталася важным чыньнікам яднаньня беларускага насельніцтва ў раёнах, перададзеных Сталінам Польшчы ў 1944 годзе. «Ніве» давялося некалькі разоў пацярпець ад камуністычнай і нацыяналістычнай польскай цэнзуры More »

Yellow Music Nadzeya Atrymovich Nadzeya's poems are a touch, a face-to-face contact. Every word is an image, every thought is a poem. Artist and musician Aleh Kabzar, one of few people who managed to combine Nadzeya's lyrics with music, said that her poetry is like Chinese paintings on old paper with images blurred as if hidden in the dark. You cannot make out the image but you know it is there. Nadzeya's every piece is a series of ... More »»

A Smuggler's Notes The collection of short stories by Viktar Sazonau could be an excellent textbook for customs officers in Belarus and Poland. The real-life stories about adventures of smugglers are both funny and make one think about what have become the major occupation of most border area residents. What they have made of their lives and what is the meaning of their lives? The stories are about people's stupidity, desperation a... More »»

Хочаце верце, хочаце праверце, але мы ішлі ў Еўропу паступова і планамерна. Ад самага свайго нараджэння, гэта значыць з векапомнага 1956 года, калі Народная Польшча назвала нас беларусамі. І не хвалімся напрамкам, як іншыя новаеўрапейцы. Такі нораў, быць у засені. Дзякуючы яму мы выжылі ў халодным прыцемку дыктатуры пралетарыяту, без вялікіх страт пераадолелі пераходны перыяд і лёгка праслізнуліся ў рэальную дэмакратыю. Тут памагла нам ... More »

War Generation is the third book of the four-book series The Daily Life of Belarusians in the Bialystok Area covering World War II and occupation from 1939 to 1944. Just like the previous books of the series, it is based on accounts of witnesses to past events. People interviewed for the book were teenagers and children during the war. Their perceptions of the world and adventures under the occupation fill the book with emotions and ext... More »»