70 ratings | 3 reviews | avg rating:5.00

Matvei's Bookshelves

read (73)
currently-reading (1)
to-read (36)
my_own_work (2)
my_translations (3)
udp_books (15)

Matvei's Friends (205)

Chad Post

431 books | 348 friends

Michael

193 books | 33 friends

Zachary

100 books | 206 friends

Matthew

1,508 books | 217 friends

Max Nemtsov

1,941 books | 340 friends

Geoff

769 books | 70 friends

Amina

742 books | 131 friends

Donald

659 books | 212 friends

More friends…

Matvei Yankelevich

Goodreads author profile

born

September 24, 1973

website

http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org

genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

member since

August 2007

About this author

edit data

Matvei Yankelevich is a translator of things Russian, and a writer of things English. He is the translator and editor of TODAY I WROTE NOTHING: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms (Overlook, 2007). He is a co-translator of OBERIU: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism (Northwestern UP, 2006). His own writing has appeared in various journals, and he is the author of a long poem, THE PRESENT WORK, presented as a chapbook by Palm Press [http://www.palmpress.org], as well as the book, Boris by the Sea, published by Octopus Books. He teaches at Hunter College and the School of the Arts at Columbia University. He is an editor at Ugly Duckling Presse.

combine editions
Books by Matvei Yankelevich

Average rating: 4.53 · 129 ratings · 13 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Boris by the Sea 4.54 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Present Work 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings	My rating:
	The Nature Poetry of Matvei Yankelevich 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Alpha Donut 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	Emergency Index 2011 by Matvei Yankelevich (Goodreads Author), Yelena Gluzman (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings by Daniil Kharms, Matvei Yankelevich (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Aufgabe #8 by E. Tracy Grinnell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matvei Yankelevich (Goodreads Author) (Guest editor) 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

More books by Matvei Yankelevich…

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Matvei's Writing

Buttons (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated Nov 08, 2009 10:52am

Description: poem, published on Action Yes! (2009)

Matvei is Currently Reading

Matvei gave

to:

Smoot's Ear: The Measure of Humanity

by Robert Tavernor

bookshelves: currently-reading

My rating:

Jul 28, 2008 05:03pm

rss
Matvei's Recent Updates

Matvei recommended Boris by the Sea to Ian Dreiblatt Boris by the Sea by Matvei Yankelevich (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Dec 29, 2009 11:49am · like
Matvei recommended Boris by the Sea to Farid Boris by the Sea by Matvei Yankelevich (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Dec 29, 2009 11:49am · like
Matvei added: Boris by the Sea by Matvei Yankelevich (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2009	My rating:
Dec 29, 2009 11:48am
Matvei became a fan of Daniil Kharms
Nov 08, 2009 11:07am · all of Matvei's favorite authors
Matvei said "yes" to attending the event: St Marks Bookshop Series reading date: November 12, 2009 07:30AM location: Solas Bar, 232 E 9th St, New York, NY, The United States description: Matvei Yankelevich, reads from his translation of TODAY I WROTE NOTHING by Daniil Kharms and from his new book, BORIS BY THE SEA (Octopus, 2009). READING WITH Mina Pam Dick and Miles Champion!
Nov 08, 2009 11:05am
Matvei added: Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms by Daniil Kharms recommended to Matvei by: kharms recommended for: people with a sense of humor	My rating:
This is the paperback edition — published by ARDIS / OVERLOOK / DUCKWORTH in summer 2009. It's good, even better than the hardcover. And cheaper.
Nov 08, 2009 11:01am · see review
Matvei wrote Buttons: a poem "This text is written on buttons so tightly sewn to each other that no one can read it. Clarify: this tex" …more
Nov 08, 2009 10:52am · like 1 like
Matvei marked as to-read: On Alberti and the Art of Building by Robert Tavernor	My rating:
Jul 28, 2008 05:04pm
Matvei marked as to-read: Palladio and Palladianism by Robert Tavernor	My rating:
Jul 28, 2008 05:04pm
Matvei marked as to-read: Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture by George Dodds	My rating:
Jul 28, 2008 05:04pm