Book Festival: Jim Cullen
Location: Meeting Room
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Jim Cullen, author of 20 books, will chat about his work as a cultural historian. He'll be focusing on the topic of his 1997 book, Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen in American Life which will be updated and revised in 2024.
Biography:
Jim Cullen is the author of 20 books, including The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation, Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions, and Those Were the Days: Why 'All in the Family' Still Matters. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Washington Post, Time, Rolling Stone, Newsday, and other publications. His 1997 book Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen in American Life will be issued in a third revised and updated edition in 2024.
Jim in the News:
- TIME: "How the American Suburbs Created Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel" (2023) by Jim Cullen
- Newsday: "'Bridge and Tunnel Boys' examines connections between Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen" (2023) by Frank Lovece
- USA Today: "'All in the Family' pushed the envelope on race and gender. Has America regressed since then?" (2018) by Jim Cullen
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