Życie w symbiozie. O uważności na istoty pozaludzkie. Rozmowa z Małgorzatą Lebdą
Life in Symbiosis: On Attentiveness to More-than-Human Beings. A Conversation with Małgorzata Lebda

Summary/Abstract: The starting point of this interview with Małgorzata Lebda is the relationship between humans and insects, especially bees, which occupy a special place in her poetry and prose. The writer speaks of bees as beings co-creating the ecosystem, and at the same time of the metaphorical kinship between the work of the bee and the poet’s work – both requiring vigilance and concentration. The conversation touches on ethical issues related to beekeeping, veganism, and anthropocentrism, and reveals the complexity of the relationship between care for and violence toward more-than-human beings. Lebda also recalls the inspiring role of her father – a beekeeper whose attentiveness and tenderness toward the smallest creatures shaped her poetic sensitivity. The interview becomes a reflection on the need for coexistence, attentiveness, and an ethical contemplation of a world in which the boundaries between the human and the more-than-human become blurred.

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