Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen

Contents

• Introduction: Why Springsteen?
•             Jonathan D. Cohen and June Skinner Sawyers
• Part I   Springsteen Stories
• 1          Growing Up with Bruce Springsteen
• Eric Alterman
• 2          How Bruce Springsteen Made a Middle-Aged Woman Believe in the Magic of Rock and Roll
• Nancy S. Bishop
• 3          From the Backstreets to the Badlands: My Springsteen Journey
•             Deepa Iyer
• 4          The Ripple Effect
•             Frank Stefanko
• Part II  Springsteen, Politics, and American Society
• 5          The Role of the Popular Artist in a Democratic Society
• Jefferson Cowie and Joel Dinerstein
• 6          Starting a Fire: Bruce Springsteen’s Political Journey from “Born in the U.S.A.”  to “American Skin (41 Shots)”
• Gillian G. Gaar
• 7          Springsteen’s American Dream
• Louis P. Masur
• 8       At the River
• Paul Muldoon
• 9          The Ties That Bind 
• A. O. Scott
• Part III Springsteen Live
• 10        Live at the Roxy 
• Greil Marcus
• 11        The Magic Circle 
• Wesley Stace
• 12        Twist and Shout
• David L. Ulin
• Part IV Springsteen the Artist
• 13        Brilliant Disguise: The Completely True Fictional Adventures of Bruce Springsteen
• Peter Ames Carlin
• 14        Interview with Martyn Joseph by Irwin H. Streight
• 15        This Train: Bruce Springsteen as Public Artist 
• Colleen J. Sheehy
• 16        Born to Write: Bruce Springsteen, Flannery O’Connor, and the Songstory
• Irwin H. Streight
• 17        Ten Great Springsteen Moments (and Five Iconic Concerts)
• Kenneth Womack
• Part V  Springsteen, Sex, Race, and Gender
• 18        Our Butch Mother, Bruce Springsteen
• Natalie Adler
• 19        Springsteen’s Women: Tougher Than the Rest 
• Gina Barreca
• 20        Shackled and Drawn
• Lauren Onkey
• 21        American Skin: Springsteen and Blackness 
• Elijah Wald
• Part VI Springsteen and Aging
• 22        Summer’s Fall: Springsteen in Senescence
• Jim Cullen
• 23        Work and Play: Mid-Life Music 
• Daniel Wolff
• Part VII           Springsteen beyond Borders
• 24        Bruce Springsteen’s River in Dublin
• Dermot Bolger
• 25        The Boss in Bulgaria
• Richard Russo
• 26        We Take Care of Our Own
• Wayne Swan
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Contributors
• Index
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