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...years she has brought poetry readings andbook signings to Plympton Street in a fight toincrease her store's prominence. Support fromHarvard helps, but may not be enough to sustain astore that is the project of one woman...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mom and Pop Make a Go | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

...course ofhis evolution, has arrived--regrettably, ifJoad is any evidence--at a point where hebelieves the messages in songs need not beconveyed through music. And so the intermixing ofother forms of media--since the late '70s,Springsteen says, his inspiration has come notfrom music but from "films, novels andbook"--necessary in the absence of compellingmusic, a cross-polination which often reaches thepoint of extreme pretentiousness or even ofridiculousness: The Ghost of Tom Joad is analbum with source credits that include scholarshipon migrant workers, Steinbeck's Grapes ofWrath and John Ford's Grapes movie.Springsteen has arrived at some type of mediaalchemy...

Author: By Joshua Perry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bruce Springsteen Superstar | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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