Please join the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at Two Dollar Radio Headquarters in German Village for a special reading with Oksana Lutsyshyna as we celebrate her latest book, Ivan and Phoebe.
Ivan and Phoebe spotlights the uproarious generation that led the Ukrainian independence movement of 1990; from subjugation to revolution to post-Soviet rule, it investigates the difficulties and absurdities of societal change and the families that change with it. She will discuss the Revolution on the Granite (1990) in Ukraine, and life in Ukraine on the border of the two epochs - the Soviet era and the era of Independence.
Oksana Lutsyshyna is a Ukrainian writer, translator, and poet. For her latest novel, Ivan and Phoebe, she was awarded Lviv City of Literature UNESCO Prize (2020) and the Taras Shevchenko National Award in fiction (2021). She teaches the Ukrainian language and Eastern European literatures at the University of Texas at Austin.
CSEEES's financial contribution to this event is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant.
Two Dollar Radio Headquarters (HQ)—a locally owned and operated family-run shop opened in 2017—is an indie bookstore, performance space, and fully vegan bar, coffeehouse, and cafe located on the South Side of Columbus, Ohio. As a bookshop, we carry an exciting, carefully curated list of titles almost exclusively devoted to independently published literature. Our bar serves cocktails, wine, and draft beer, and our cafe serves locally roasted coffee, house-made vegan meats and cheezes, sandwiches, salads, pizzas, dips, and more.
Photo Credit: Valentyna Schneider