1572 THE SARMATIAN REVIEW April 2011 The Sarmatian Review (ISSN 1059- In this issue: Today scholarly texts are written 5872) is a triannual publication of the Polish Sarmatian Review Data ...... 1573 in a language understandable only Institute of Houston. The journal deals with to a handful of readers who have Polish, Central, and Eastern European affairs, Sarmatian Review Award . . . . . 1575 and it explores their implications for the United Raymond Gawronski, SJ, Letter to mastered the same “secret States. We specialize in the translation of Miłosz ...... 1576 knowledge.” The focus of research documents. Sarmatian Review is indexed in the Andrzej Nowak, The Origins of American Bibliography of Slavic and East has likewise shifted—certain European Studies, EBSCO, and P.A.I.S. Modern Polish Democracy(review)1578 minorities became almost central to International Database. 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