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[ajmotyl@andromeda.rutgers.edu]

The 5th Annual Ukrainian Literary Evening at the Cornelia Street Café will
take place on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 6:00-7:45 p.m.

The evening will feature the prose and poetry of Vasyl Makhno, Askold
Melnyczuk, and Alexander Motyl, and the piano music of Victor Markiw.

Vasyl Makhno is a Ukrainian-language poet and author of Thread, 38 Poems
about New York and Other Things, and Cornelia Street Café. He is
poet-in-residence at the Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York.

Victor Markiw is a classical and modern pianist. He has performed with
area orchestras throughout the New York Metropolitan area and has given
recitals in Spain and Brazil. He teaches at the University of New Haven.

Askold Melnyczuk is the award-winning author of What Is Told, Ambassador
of the Dead, and The House of Widows. Founding editor of Agni, he teaches
at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and at Bennington College.

Alexander Motyl is the author of Whiskey Priest, Who Killed Andrei Warhol,
The Jew Who Was Ukrainian, and the work in progress, My Orchidia. He
teaches at Rutgers University-Newark.

Books will be available for author signings.

The cover charge is $10, which includes one free drink.

No reservations are accepted.

The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
New York, New York 10012
Information: 212-989-9319; www.corneliastreetcafe.com