Bruce Springsteen on America

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With “Wrecking Ball” and a book foreword, Bruce Springsteen writes his thoughts about tough times.

Bruce Springsteen: “I had completed most of the "Tom Joad" record when one night, unable to sleep, I pulled this book [Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson’s “The Saga of the New Underclass: Journey to Nowhere”] down off my living room shelf.”

Bruce Springsteen backstage at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore. Michael Williamson/The Washington Post

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