Henryk Cierniak

HENRYK CIERNIAK was born in 1956 in Bielsko-Biala in the Silesian region of Poland. His works have appeared in Zalew Kultury and the socio-cultural monthly Śląsk. He published his first book, The Believer of Skin, in 2011. His poems are frequently read on Polish Radio Katowice.

Contributor Bios for Issue 9 Summer 2015

July 1, 2015 Contributed By: Alex Cigale, Amanda Sarasien, Anna Leahy, Arne Weingart, Artur Azevedo, Barbara Hamby, Carol Smallwood, Circe Maia, Dariel Suarez, David Armstrong, David Kirby, Elizabeth Switaj, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Henryk Cierniak, Irene Turner, Jacob M. Appel, James Capozzi, Jesse Lee Kercheval, John Guzlowski, Kelly McQuain, Laurie Blauner, Marc Frazier, Mary Langer Thompson, Matthew Pitt, Okla Elliott, Paul Adler, Peter Burzynski, Richard Cecil, Samuel R. Delany, Vincent Czyz, Vladimir Mayakovsky

Issue 9 Summer 2015 PAUL ADLER received his MFA from Columbia University, where Matthew Zapruder selected his thesis manuscript as winner of the 2012 David Craig Austin Prize. Paul currently works as the Assistant Editor of Westchester Magazine. JACOB M. APPEL is the author of the novels The Biology of Luck and The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up. His fourth collection […]

To a Jar by Henryk Cierniak
(Translated from Polish by John Guzlowski)

July 1, 2015 Contributed By: Henryk Cierniak, John Guzlowski

oh tiny jar sealed up with rubber and a fastener just in case it’s not true that you carry emptiness inside – you contain room for happiness and sorrows and the pickled cucumbers are nice oh you jar the friend of long hours at the fireplace and summer revels faithful friend the transparent jar made […]

The Past by Henryk Cierniak
(Translated from Polish by John Guzlowski)

July 1, 2015 Contributed By: Henryk Cierniak, John Guzlowski

The house was nothing just a building site, thirteen years ago Remember it? It’s still nothing my son is sixteen How can I forget? He’s nothing but an ordinary boy actually a bit troublesome instead of putting up insulation he and his friends go to the village he walks like he’s some kind of god […]

MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 9 Summer 2015

NONFICTION David Kirby Photos by Barbara Hamby Cows and Wows: Why India Works Depite Itself and What We Can Learn from Its Example INTERVIEW Garnett Kilberg Cohen Interviewed by Okla Elliott Freshness, Craft, and Time FICTION Jacob M. Appel Gable’s Whiskers David Armstrong Gracile Laurie Blauner The Solace of Monsters Garnett Kilberg Cohen Bad […]

Henryk Cierniak

Contributor Bios for Issue 9 Summer 2015

To a Jar by Henryk Cierniak
(Translated from Polish by John Guzlowski)

The Past by Henryk Cierniak
(Translated from Polish by John Guzlowski)

MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 9 Summer 2015

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