Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie | Better in Person
Warren Zanes' life is a testament to the redemptive power of art, identity, and second chances: from a self-destructive youth in a promising but short-lived 1980s rock band, to a sober scholar who earned Bruce Springsteen’s trust to write the definitive account of his most haunting album,
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