Crystal Fire. Poems of Joy & Wisdom

Maja Trochimczyk is a poet, music historian, photographer and non-profit director born in Poland, educated in Canada (Ph.D., McGill University), and living in California (www.trochimczyk.net). She published seven books of music studies (After Chopin: Essays in Polish Music (2000); The Music of Louis Andriessen (2002); Polish Dance in California (2007); A Romantic Century in Polish Music (2009); Gorecki in Context: Essays on Music (2017); Lutoslawski: Music and Legacy (2014), Frederic Chopin: A Research and Information Guide (2016) as well as six books of poetry: Rose Always - A Love Story (rev. 2020), Miriam's Iris (2008), Slicing the Bread (2014), The Rainy Bread (2016, 2nd ed. 2021), Into Light (2016), and Bright Skies (2022). She also edited four anthologies: Chopin with Cherries (2010); Meditations on Divine Names (2012), Grateful Conversations (2018) and We Are Here: Village Poets Anthology (2020). Her poetry and photography appear in California Quarterly, The Houston Literary Review, Ekphrasis Journal, The Epiphany Magazine, Loch Raven Review, Magnapoets, Quill and Parchment, Poezja Dzisiaj, Phantom Seed, Spectrum, poeticdiversity, and other journals and anthologies. An author of hundreds of peer-reviewed and popular articles and essays on music and culture, she taught music history at USC and McGill University and is currently serving as President of the California State Poetry Society, and program chair of Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga.