Irene Zabytko to be featured panelist at Printer's Row Book Fair in Chicago

CHICAGO - Irene Zabytko, critically acclaimed author of the novel, "The Sky Unwashed," and the recently released, "When Luba Leaves Home, Stories" (both published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) will be a featured panelist at the Chicago Tribune 19th Annual Printer's Row Book Fair to be held June 7-8.

Ms. Zabytko will read from and discuss her latest book, "When Luba Leaves Home," a collection of short stories based on her Ukrainian Chicago neighborhood on the "Chicago Stories" panel, June 7, at 1-2 p.m. in the Nelson Algren Room, Harold Washington Library Center on Dearborn.

"When Luba Leaves Home" centers around the life of a young Ukrainian displaced person who yearns to fit into the American mainstream beyond her ethnic neighborhood in Chicago, and realizes where her soul belongs.

Ms. Zabytko was invited by the Printer's Row Book Fair Committee to discuss her book and its origins. The Chicago Tribune has also interviewed her for an upcoming feature about immigrant and ethnic literature in America.

The Chicago Tribune Printer's Row Book Fair is considered to be the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, drawing more than 75,000 book lovers to the two-day showcase. It is located in the historic Printer's Row neighborhood in Chicago (once the city's bookmaking hub). Booksellers, publishers, literacy and cultural organizations sell and promote books and book-related merchandise. For more information access the website: www.chicagotribune.com/extras/printersrow or call (312) 222-3986.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 1, 2003, No. 22, Vol. LXXI

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