Writer-in-Residence: Volodymyr Rafeyenko (Ukraine) & Translator Mark Andryczyk

Meet City of Asylum Writer-in-Residence Volodymyr Rafeyenko as he takes to the stage for his first full-length program at Alphabet City! Volodymyr is an award-winning Ukrainian writer poet translator and literary and film critic from Kyiv Ukraine who has been in residence at City of Asylum since 2023. After several impactful readings in our annual Jazz Poetry festival as well as accompaniments to his fellow Writers-in-Residence we can’t wait for audiences to get to know Volodymyr better through this third installment of our new series. 
For this program Volodymyr will be in conversation with translator Mark Andryczyk as they discuss the three books Volodymyr has written which Mark has translated from the original Ukrainian into English. These featured works include Volodymyr’s Mondegreen: Songs about Death and Love Petrichor: The Scent of the Earth after Rain (not yet published) and Signals of Being. The pair will discuss the translation process the writing process and the relationship between the writer and the translator in projects like these. 
In addition to this discerning discussion the program will include readings in Ukrainian and in English of select excerpts from the books as well as an audience Q&A moderated by Polina Peker.
You can purchase a copy of Volodymyr’s book Mondegreen at City of Asylum Bookstore.
This program is made possible in part with the support of The Bare Life Review a literary organization supporting immigrant and asylum-seeking writers. The Bare Life Review is a member of Intersection for the Arts a historic arts nonprofit organization that provides people working in arts and culture with fiscal sponsorship and resources to grow.

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