Rutgers University Press Announces Partnership with Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music
September 18, 2024
Rutgers University Press is pleased to announce a publishing partnership with the Bruce
Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM).
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, located at Monmouth University
in West Long Branch, New Jersey, serves as the archival repository for Bruce Springsteen’s written
works, photographs, periodicals, and artifacts. The Center also preserves and promotes the legacy
of Bruce Springsteen and his role in American music, while creating exhibits, public programs,
and education initiatives that explore the works of American music giants like Woody Guthrie,
Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, Patti Smith, Frank Sinatra, Muddy Waters, and others.
Peter Mickulas, executive editor at Rutgers University Press, will work with BSACAM executive
director Robert Santelli and curator Melissa Ziobro to publish books in the new series. He noted,
“We’re quite excited to formalize our relationship with the Springsteen Archives—the preeminent
center for archival research in New Jersey on popular music, including, of course that of New
Jersey’s own most famous son, Bruce Springsteen. Given Rutgers University Press’s deep backlist
of Springsteen scholarship, this collaboration makes perfect sense.”
“We are thrilled to begin this important collaboration with BSACAM and extend a partnership that
lifts both Rutgers and Monmouth Universities in building a community of scholars to produce and
publish significant books on American music and culture,” said Micah Kleit, director of Rutgers
University Press. “Given our shared commitment to advancing the work of the archives and
center’s collections, we are proud to partner with Monmouth on this important and exciting
venture.”
“The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University is
honored to partner with Rutgers University Press to present the very best books about American
music and, of course, Bruce Springsteen. We look forward to expanding the current catalogue as
well as offering a rich array of authors’ programs and special events at both universities,
” said Santelli.
Founded in 1936, Rutgers University Press is a nonprofit academic publishing house based in New
Brunswick, New Jersey, dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge to
scholars, students, and the general reading public. The Press has published a number of books on
Bruce Springsteen, most recently Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album,
Song-by-Song by Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell and We Take Care of Our Own:
Faith, Class, and Politics in the Art of Bruce Springsteen by June Skinner Sawyers.
Please visit rutgersuniversitypress.org or springsteenarchives.org for more details.For additional information, contact:
Melissa Ziobro
Curator, Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music
732.263.5107
mziobro@monmouth.edu
Deirdre Kennedy
Publicity Manager, Rutgers University Press
848.445.7775
deirdre.kennedy@rutgers.edu