How Wall Street Outraged Bruce Springsteen

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A recent interview in
The New York TimesNYT
highlights musician Bruce Springsteen's role as an author, highlighting the release of his new book “Outlaw Pete”, which illustrates songs in story form while utilizing a storybook presentation for adults.
On The Last Book That Made Him Angry
"'Too Big to Fail,' by Andrew Ross Sorkin; Michael Lewis's 'The Big Short'; and 'Someplace Like America,' by Dale Maharidge, with photographs by Michael S. Williamson. These are a few of the books I read on the recent financial collapse, and I contributed the foreword to 'Someplace Like America'. The criminal outrage and recklessness described in these books led directly to my 'Wrecking Ball” album.'"
On What He Read As A Kid
“The first book I read was 'The Wizard of Oz,' one lazy summer on my front porch on Randolph Street in New Jersey. I remember being thrilled by the book and the act of reading. Over time my most beloved character became the great and powerful Oz himself. He's summed up by that great quote that's in the film, but not in the book: 'Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.' He's a carny phony, in way over his head, who manages to pull it off anyway. 'Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.' One of the great quotes in American literature.”
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"I skipped most of college, becoming a road musician, so I didn't begin reading seriously until 28 or 29. Then it was Flannery O'Connor; James M. Cain; John Cheever; Sherwood Anderson; and Jim Thompson, the great noir writer. These authors contributed greatly to the turn my music took around 1978-82. They brought out a sense of geography and the dark strain in my writing, broadened my horizons about what might be accomplished with a pop song and are still the cornerstone literally for what I try to accomplish today."
Jason Papallo had no position with the mentioned entities while writing this article. Visit Jason on Twitter at @JasonPapallo.
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