Why Bob Dylan Matters gift brought Rimbaud’s poetry and prose

brought Rimbaud’s poetry and prose into vivid focus

Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society—governed by the marketplace—is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists’ work

The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927)

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a kid from rural Minnesota

Why Bob Dylan Matters gift brought Rimbaud’s poetry and proseAuthor Richard F. Thomas Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice. How could the worlds most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer songwriter who wouldnt even deign to attend the medal ceremony? In Why Bob Dylan Matters, Harvard Professor Richard F. Thomas answers this question with