Stephin Merritt and Roz Chast

Em, oe, us, na. Acclaimed musician Stephin Merritt (of the Magnetic Fields) turns these two-letter Scrabble words into poetry in his first book, 101 Two-Letter Words. In this one-of-a-kind collaboration, Merritt irreverently defines and celebrated New Yorker cartoonist Chast illustrates each word—meaning: It's beautiful, funny and you learn something! Catch the two artists in conversation with Bill Kartalopoulos; priority seating with the purchase of the book begins at 5pm.