Fiction. HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED is an honest depiction of growing up punk on Chicago's south side: a study in the demons of racial intolerance, Catholic school conformism and class repression. It is the story of the riotous exploits of Brian, a high school burnout, and his best friend Gretchen, a punk rock girl fond of brawling.

Author City: Chicago, IL USA

Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Chicago, Illinois. He is a winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Great Lakes Book Award, and was a finalist for the Story Prize. He is the author of six novels and two short story collections including HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED, The Great Perhaps, THE BOY DETECTIVE FAILS, DEMONS IN THE SPRING, and OFFICE GIRL. His short fiction has been published in One Story, McSweeney's, swink, LIT, TriQuarterly online, Other Voices, Gulf Coast, and broadcast on NPR. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times and Chicago magazine. He is an associate professor in the fiction writing department at Columbia College Chicago.

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