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Literary Rock & Roll: Girl Trouble

Writers Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Jane Hamilton (Laura Rider’s Masterpiece) and Joe Meno (Office Girl) read from their work, followed by music from Chicago band The Right Now.

Writers Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Jane Hamilton (Laura Rider’s Masterpiece) and Joe Meno (Office Girl) read from their work followed by music from Chicago band The Right Now.

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Recorded live Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Columbia College Chicago.

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