PHAM Book Club
Since 2005, the Polish Heritage Association of Maryland (PHAM) has sponsored a monthly Book Club. We are dedicated
to reading and then discussing works by Polish authors or members of the Polish Diaspora (Polonia). Although we emphasize
selections from the Polish literary canon, we also consider works that feature Polish characters, settings, or themes.
All readings and discussions are done in English. To participate, email RecordingSecretaryPHAM@gmail.com.
Recent Book Club Selections
February 2026
14 Blessed Hanna Chrzanowska,
RN: A Nurse of Mercy
​by Gosia Brykczynska
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January 2026
11 “Mendel Gdanski", “Rota”,
and “Smoke”
by Maria Konopnicka
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December 2025
13 “Christmas Day at Sea” (1924)
Polish author Joseph Conrad
November 2025
11. Echoes of Tattered Tongues
by John Guzlowski
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October 2025
10 The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman
by Andrzej Szczypiorski
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September 2025
14 Jadwiga’s Crossing,
by Aloysius A. and Richard J. Lutz
July - August 2025
Summer Break
March 14, 2026
Book Club Selection
For the PHA Book Club meeting on March 14, 2026, we will cover philosopher and author Stanislaw Brzozowski (1878-1911). He wrote novels and essays, but most of his works are not available in English. One of the most famous of his prolific writings is a book-length exercise in literary and social criticism called The Legend of Young Poland (1910). We will consider a couple of excerpts as translated by Michael Mikos, as well as some commentary about this work and author Brzozowski.
Title page with a portrait of Stanisław Brzozowski 'The Legend of Young Poland: Studies on the Structure of the Cultural Soul', author: Stanisław Brzozowski, 1910, photo: Polona National Library. Image collage copied from https://culture.pl/en/article/stanislaw-brzozowskis-florentine-writing
Upcoming Selections
April 11, 2026 --
The Fair Folk and Little Orphan Mary
by Maria Konopnicka.
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May 9, 2026 --
Malvina, or the Heart’s Intuition
by Maria Wirtemberska
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June 2026 --
Mazeppa
by Juliusz Slowacki
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July - August 2026 -- Summer Break
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September - December 2026 -- To be announced
A downloadable list of our readings over the past 20 years can be found below.