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Shut Down Strangers & Hot Rod Angels: an anthology inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen

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Editor's Note:
"In Kelly Shire's essay, collected here, she writes, "I'm performing loneliness." That word — performing — is such an apt way to access the work of Springsteen and what his work allows these writers to do in this anthology. Perform loneliness. Perform sorrow. Perform joy. Perform being themselves. While reading these pages, you are taken through Springsteen's wide-angled gaze into the many worlds he allows us to inhabit, worlds where writers can bring back the dead, redefine masculinity, worship what they used to hate about themselves. Most of all, you are given the privilege to witness so many writers being exactly who they are. This is more than just tribute. It is inspiration, exhilaration, the beauty of holding on to one small piece of the world."--Devin Kelly, author of Blood on Blood (Unknown Press, 2016) and In This Quiet Church of Night, I Say Amen (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2017)From the editor: When I put out the call for submissions for this anthology in April 2019, I hoped for a good response, but I had no idea just how good the response would be. It turns out there are a lot of writers from many backgrounds inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen. Folks wrote their hearts out, and I received many more fantastic submissions than I had room for. Ultimately I chose the stories, poems, and essays that excited me the most—that tugged at my heart, that gave me visceral reactions, that wowed me with their style or with the way they took Springsteen songs and turned them into something truly unique.The best thing about this anthology is that you can’t pin it down as one thing. Much like Bruce’s music, the 38 poems, 14 CNF pieces, and 25 stories in Shut Down Strangers & Hot Rod Angels cover a wide range of modes and moods. There are pieces on identity and family, grief and spirituality, and all kinds of love—lost love, doomed love, almost-love, beautiful healing love, love you clutch onto like a lifeline when everything else slips away. There are pieces on the distance between the American dream and the American reality, and geographies that span the country and the globe. There are hard luck antiheroes, girls who cruise, and plenty of shut down angels and hot rod strangers. There is weirdness and whimsy and things that go bump in the night: ghosts and vampires, cryptids, chickens running games of chance. There is sadness and darkness in here, yes (I guess there’s just a meanness in this world), but there is also hope and light. And running through each and every piece there is an undercurrent of music, and of Springsteen’s spirit—a fire, a spark, a sound we can make our own.

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Daniel Thompson
Daniel Thompson July 28, 2024
"A highly sophisticated read. Beautiful writing, though I craved slightly more depth in the lore. Still, undeniably engaging. A very distinguished novel."
Sarah Martinez
Sarah Martinez May 21, 2025
"I was completely blown away. The author orchestrated a breathtaking finale. Truly a work of art. A true literary gem."
Stephanie Diaz
Stephanie Diaz March 11, 2024
"Honestly one of the most premium reading experiences lately. It strikes a perfect harmony of dialogue and world-building. Every chapter felt necessary. An absolute must-read for connoisseurs of the genre."
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