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Guitarist use to say, you have to be mighty careful where you aim because its likely to get there and senator Mitch Mcconnell did, thank you very much for talking with me. Guest thank you. Cspan created by americas Cable Television companies and brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. Day two book tv live coverage of the printers row lit festival. Youll hear from sidney, sebastian, natalie on segregation in chicago and across america and many others. For a complete schedule, check out our schedule booktv. Org or follow us on twitter at book tv or an facebook, facebook. Com booktv. Welcome to the 32nd annual chicago lit festival. The theme of this years festival is what your story. We encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook using prlf16. You can keep the spirit of lit fest all year by downloading the app where youll find all of the Chicago Tribunes premium book content free and discounted books for subscr