Bob Dylan
-
6/18/2023
How Bob Dylan Ran Afoul of the FBI
by Aaron J. Leonard
The combination of alcohol and unconsidered remarks about Lee Harvey Oswald in the wake of the Kennedy assassination helped ensure that the FBI opened a file on the singer.
-
SOURCE: Vanity Fair
4/21/2022
Previewing Tulsa's New Bob Dylan Center
by Douglas Brinkley
"The center—a high-tech vessel holding the man’s oeuvre and an overview of the man—will be the spiritual home of Dylan, a relentless performer who is forever on the road."
-
SOURCE: Washington Post
4/18/2022
Can the Roots of Greatness be Found in Bob Dylan's Minnesota Hometown?
If Dylan himself has always been ambivalent about his Iron Range roots, there is still much to learn about the artist and the nation from a visit.
-
SOURCE: New York Times
4/19/2020
Dylan's 'Times They Are A-Changin'' Lyrics for Sale for $2.2 Million
"The Times They Are A-Changin'", written by Dylan in 1963 and released on his 1964 album of the same name, is regarded as one of the most iconic protest songs of the 1960s.
-
SOURCE: Tulsa World
4-29-18
Douglas Brinkley shares insight on Bob Dylan Archives in Tulsa
The historian is writing a book about the poet/singer.
-
10-30-16
Bob Dylan, Carl Sandburg, and American Visions
by Walter G. Moss
The uncanny parallels between their careers.
-
SOURCE: NPR
10-13-16
While some are surprised Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature, Sean Wilentz isn't
"Bob Dylan, like many if not most literary greats, is an alchemist. He manages to take materials from here and there and to turn them into something different — to make them larger, to make them his own."
-
SOURCE: CNN.com
12-6-13
Bob Dylan Stratocaster sets auction record, sells for nearly $1 million
A guitar once owned by music legend Bob Dylan sold for $965,000 Friday at Christie's.
News
- As More Schools Ban "Maus," Art Spiegelman Fears Worse to Come
- PEN Condemns Censorship in Removal of Coates's Memoir from AP Course
- Teaching Hard Histories Through Juneteenth
- Arkansas Libraries and Booksellers Sue over State Book Restrictions
- Biden Administration Seeks US Readmission to UN Cultural Body, Aims at Countering China's Soft Power
- Blair L.M. Kelley Tells Black Working Class History Through Family
- Review: J.T. Roane Tells Black Philadelphia's History from the Margins
- Cash Reparations to Japanese Internees Helped Rebuild Autonomy and Dignity
- J.T. Roane Reconstructs the Historical Spaces of Black Philadelphia
- Science Historian: Apollo 11 Quarantine after Moon Landing For Show