MURFREESBORO, Tenn., March 5 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news release:

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - New York Times best-selling author and Grammy-nominated documentary producer Warren Zanes recently spoke to Middle Tennessee State University students to share his thoughts on how a legendary musician's album released decades ago shaped his career and personal worldviews.

"I love colleges and universities. It's where I am most at home," Zanes, who is a professor at New York University, said at the beginning of his guest lecture, which focused on his 2023 book "Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska."

The book explores the creation, impact, and significance of Springsteen's 1982 "Nebraska,...