In Stephanie Kuehnert’s new novel, Ballads of Suburbia, the central character, Cara, immerses herself into the punk rock scene to deal with her emotional struggles, drinking and drug addiction. Eight Forty-Eight’s book reviewer, Donna Seaman, recently asked Kuehnert about her novel and that subculture.

Event detail:
Stephanie Kuehnert is reading tonight at 7:30 at Women & Children First on N.Clark St. in Chicago.