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MajaTrochimczyk   1Maja Trochimczyk is a Polish American poet, music historian, photographer, and author of six books on music, most recently Frédéric Chopin: A Research and Information Guide. Dr. Trochimczyk’s seven books of poetry include Rose Always, Miriam’s Iris, Slicing the Bread, Into Light, The Rainy Bread, and two anthologies, Chopin with Cherries and Meditations on Divine Names. A former Poet Laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, she is the founder of Moonrise Press and Board Secretary of the Polish American Historical Association. Hundreds of her poems, studies, articles and book chapters have appeared in English, Polish, and in translations. She has read papers at over 80 international conferences and is a recipient of many honors and awards from Polish, Canadian and American institutions, including the American Council of Learned Societies, the Polish Ministry of Culture, McGill University, and the University of Southern California. She last edited the first issue of the CQ for 2018 (Vol. 44 No. 1) and has served as the Acting President of the Calfornia State Poetry Society and Managing Editor of the CQ since February of 2019.