by Jeff Burger
“Radio Interview,” by Chris Douridas. Originally broadcast on KCRW-FM, December 1993. Copyright © 1993. Printed by permission of Chris Douridas.
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“Happy at Last: The Poet Returns from His Zen Retreat with a New Album and a Sunnier Disposition,” by j. poet. Originally published in Pulse!, November 2001. Copyright © 2001. Reprinted by permission of j. poet.
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“Life of a Ladies’ Man,” by Sarah Hampson. Originally published in the Globe and Mail, May 26, 2007. Copyright © 2007. Reprinted by permission of the Globe and Mail.
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“TV and Radio Interview,” by Jian Ghomeshi. Originally broadcast on Q, CBC Radio One and TV, April 16, 2009. Copyright © 2009. Printed by permission of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
“All I’ve Got to Put in a Song Is My Own Experience,” by Dorian Lynskey. Originally published in the Guardian, January 19, 2012. Copyright © 2012. Reprinted by permission of Dorian Lynskey.
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JEFF BURGER is the editor of Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and encounters. He has contributed to Barron’s, Family Circle, GQ, the Los Angeles Times, Reader’s Digest, and more than seventy-five other magazines, newspapers, and books, including many national and international music periodicals. He has published interviews with such leading musicians as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Tom Waits, the Righteous Brothers, and the members of Steely Dan. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
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