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In our first episode, we talk to Matvei Yankelevich, poet, translator, critic, editor, and publisher. You may know him as a founding member of the editorial collective Ugly Duckling Presse, current publisher of Winter Editions, and editor at World Poetry Books. His recent work includes the chapbook Dead Winter from Fonograf Editions and the co-translation, with Eugene Ostashevsky, of Alexander Vvedensky’s An Invitation for Me to Think, from NYRB Books. Our discussion explores Matvei’s four-part essay series, first published on Harriet in 2020: here’s part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4. Along the way we discuss professionalization in the writing world, money and how small presses do and don’t get it, the struggles and beauties of collectivization, the autonomy of the small press vs. the compromises of capital, amateurism, middle age, antagonism in the market, moving forward with obsolescence.More.

In our first episode, we talk to Matvei Yankelevich, poet, translator, critic, editor, and publisher. You may know him as a founding member of the editorial collective <a href="https://uglyducklingpresse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ugly Duckling Presse</a>, current publisher of <a href="https://www.wintereditions.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winter Editions</a>, and editor at <a href="https://www.worldpoetrybooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Poetry Books</a>. His recent work includes the chapbook <a href="https://fonografeditions.com/catalog/f0no19-matvei-yankelevich-dead-winter-print-chapbook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dead Winter</a> from Fonograf Editions and the co-translation, with Eugene Ostashevsky, of Alexander Vvedensky’s <a href="https://www.nyrb.com/products/an-invitation-for-me-to-think-selected-poems-of-vvedensky/?variant=1094933617" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Invitation for Me to Think</a>, from NYRB Books. Our discussion explores Matvei’s four-part essay series, first published on Harriet in 2020: here’s <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2020/02/power-to-the-peoples-mimeo-machines-or-the-politicization-of-small-press-aesthetics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">part 1</a>, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2020/02/autonomys-compromise-and-the-professionalization-of-the-small-press" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">part 2</a>, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2020/02/the-new-normal-how-we-gave-up-the-small-press" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">part 3</a>, and <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2020/02/fervent-and-utopian-small-press-at-a-crossroads" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">part 4</a>. Along the way we discuss professionalization in the writing world, money and how small presses do and don’t get it, the struggles and beauties of collectivization, the autonomy of the small press vs. the compromises of capital, amateurism, middle age, antagonism in the market, moving forward with obsolescence.<a href="http://www.csupoetrycenter.com/index-for-continuance-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More.</a>

Episode 1: Matvei Yankelevich - “The New Obsolescence”

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.

Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.

Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich

Ya es hora. Tengo cerca tu oreja y voy a hablarte al oído, en voz baja pero no tan baja que no alcances a escucharme. Ya es hora de que te hable al oído aunque vos no me veas. Me das la oreja. Y yo me entrego a tu oído. Es como si estuviéramos hechos para la poesía, tu oreja, que me das, ahora que mirás para un costado y me mostrás tu oído para la poesía. Pero yo soy lo más sencillo que puedo; hablo con sencillez. Quiero ser claro. La mayor parte de las palabras que quería decir ya las dije. Decirlas otra vez parecería redundante. Pero las palabras simples pueden decirse más de una vez.

Ya es hora. Tengo cerca tu oreja y voy a hablarte al oído, en voz baja pero no tan baja que no alcances a escucharme. Ya es hora de que te hable al oído aunque vos no me veas. Me das la oreja. Y yo me entrego a tu oído. Es como si estuviéramos hechos para la poesía, tu oreja, que me das, ahora que mirás para un costado y me mostrás tu oído para la poesía. Pero yo soy lo más sencillo que puedo; hablo con sencillez. Quiero ser claro. La mayor parte de las palabras que quería decir ya las dije. Decirlas otra vez parecería redundante. Pero las palabras simples pueden decirse más de una vez.