Bob Dylan writes amazing songs, but they are not literature.

[ish mailian]

Was watching Democracy Now, Goodman out on the Reservation and I could
see the Wooden Ships. The God on Their side.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 4:52 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
> And, the Nobel is about the times that are a changing, that is, our
> times, and anyone who isn't living in the past knows that the times,
> our times, are a changing, and ironically, positively and sadly, a
> changing in ways that they were a changing back when Dylan was young
> and writing his protest songs. What he was talking about is here
> again, only different, and I feeeeeeel like I've been here before and
> you know it makes me wonder.....
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 4:46 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Nobel for Lit has never been simply a prize for the Best author or
>> for an author who wrote works of profound beauty. Dylan is no Pynchon
>> or Dylan Thomas, but I can live with Dylan's Nobel. His contribution,
>> especially when young, was great and magical.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:08 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> though a good number of Dylan's lyrics stand the test of being read and not
>>> heard ('Shelter from the Storm' is hardly dead fish on the page) many others
>>> benefit from hearing him sing it (e.g. 'Fourth Time Around' or 'One of Us
>>> Must Know'--the way he phrases lines and emphasizes would be lost if just
>>> read on the page; Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts just isnt the same
>>> when you just read the lyrics)
>>> to put a positive spin on things, everyone even the deaf can appreciate
>>> Dylan though not some of his best work
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:43 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> POETRY, APPROXIMATELY
>>>>
>>>> Bob Dylan writes amazing songs, but they are not literature.
>>>>
>>>> BY JOHN COTTER
>>>> http://thesmartset.com/poetry-approximately/
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>>>
>>>
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