David Masciotra

David Masciotra is the author of Working On a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen (Continuum Books). He is currently writing his second book, Faith That Won't Die, a work of literary journalism about life in the American rust belt. He has written for the Daily Beast, Truthout, Relevant, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is 27 and lives in Indiana. For more information, an article archive, and blog visit www.davidmasciotra.com.

Real Life Intensity: A Conversation with Warren Haynes

Some People Have a City Instead of a Life: The Work of Tim Hall

‘How to Make It in America’? Well for Starters, Don’t Make Hopeful Television

As the Spirit Moves Mary: The Life and Art of Mary J. Blige

Daryl Hall: Laughing Down Crying

All That We Learned About Livin’: John Mellencamp’s Legacy

Warren Haynes: 17 October 2011 – Chicago

Michael Moore vs. Jon Stewart: The Self-Destruction of the American Left

The Last Mortician: A New Web Comic Presses Philosophical Questions

We Piss Anywhere: ‘Sympathy for Mick Jagger’

The Human Collision: A Conversation with Matt Nathanson About Modern Love

Hall and Oates: Still Relevant. Still Rocking.

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