Oxygen / Julia Fiedorczuk ; Translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston

1. **Environmental issues, Ecopoetics:** A major collection of poetry from Poland that addresses ecopoetics and related concerns, including the relationship of humans and nature, human impact on the environment and history; and empathy. 2. **Up-and-coming writer to watch:**: Fiedorczuk has participated in international conferences on ecopoetics in Berkeley, New York and elsewhere, and is a rising star in the ecopoetics movement. Her book on ecocriticism is used at UC Berkeley, and she serves on an advisory board for an international series of books on ecocritical theory published by Lexington Press. She has read at Seton Hall University, Brown University, Indiana University. 3. **Award-winning translator:** Translator Bill Johnston has won numerous awards as one of the foremost translators of Polish literature.