MAY 20 Erica Johnson Debeljak at WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST BOOKS
Erica Johnson Debeljak reads from her memoir Forbidden Bread. 7:30 p.m. When: Thursday, May 20, 7:30 pm / Where: Women and Children First – 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago IL 60640 / Cost: FREE /All ages
And for those of a certain age – a Slovenian wine tasting sponsored by Wine Discount Center and featuring
Kogl Sämling “Mea Culpa” 2008
Pullus Laški Rizling 2007
Pullus Sauvignon Blanc 2008
About the author: Erica Johnson Debeljak left her career in the early 90s as a New York City financial analyst to marry Slovenian poet Aleš Debeljak and move to his home country. Unable to pursue her financial career in Slovenia, she became a literary translator (from Slovenian into English), writer, and columnist. Her stories and essays have appeared in the US News and World Report, Glimmer Train (winner of 2007 Family Matters Award), Prairie Schooner, The Missouri Review, Nimrod, Epoch, Common Knowledge, and Eurozine. Her work has been translated into Italian, German, Hungarian, Bosnian, and Slovakian. She received an MFA in creative writing from the University of New Orleans and has published three books in Slovenia, including Foreigner in the House of Natives. This year, her memoir Forbidden Bread was published by North Atlantic Books.
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