The Blue Letter Series With Matvei Yankelevich, Corina Copp, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado

Matvei Yankelevich, Corina Copp and Ricardo Alberto Maldonado in The Blue Letter Series at Watty & Meg, No. 2!
Enjoy an evening of lyrical surprises and poems of humor, ambition, sorrow, and love. The event will be free and as usual, Watty & Meg will provide drink specials and affordable snacks, and BookCourt will offer the authors’ books for perusal and purchase.

Watty & Meg restaurant is located between Baltic and Kane in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Nearest trains: F/G to Bergen Street or 4/5/R to Borough Hall.

About the authors–

Matvei Yankelevich is the author of Boris by the Sea (Octopus), and several chapbooks, including Bending at the Elbow, forthcoming from Minutes Books. His translations of the Russian writer Daniil Kharms were collected in Today I Wrote Nothing (Ardis/Overlook). He is a member of the volunteer editorial collective of Ugly Duckling Presse and a co-editor of 6×6 magazine.

Corina Copp is a playwright, poet, and wishful thinker living in Brooklyn. Recent work includes essays on Jean Day, Hannah Weiner, and Sarah Ruhl; and texts that can be found soon or now in Cambridge Literary Review, Cannot Exist, The Brooklyn Rail, Jacket2, SerieAlfa, Supermachine, Aufgabe, 6×6, and Antennae. Author of Play Air (Belladonna* 2005), Carpeted (Faux Press 2004), and Sometimes Inspired by Marguerite (Open 24 Hours 2003), with new chapbooks forthcoming from minutes BOOKS and Ugly Duckling Presse.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado was born and raised in Puerto Rico. His poems and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in Guernica, The Blue Letter, Boston Review, Sidebrow, and DIAGRAM. He works at the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center.