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Culture Did Bob Dylan Plagiarize His Nobel Lecture — From Sparknotes?
You would not be blamed for weeping over the news that Bob Dylan, an already-controversial recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, may have plagiarized part of the Nobel Lecture he gave in acceptance of the prize from Sparknotes. Yes, really: Sparknotes. The news was broken by Slate’s Andrea Pitzer, who took on the…
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The Schmooze New Biography Explores Bob Dylan’s Spiritual Journey
“Bob Dylan was born a Jew. Then he wasn’t, but now he’s back,” sang Adam Sandler in The Chanukah Song, voicing all of our dads’ anxieties over Dylan’s religious identity. A new biography “Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life” by Scott Marshall, aims to explore Dylan’s spiritual odyssey. Out on June 20th, Marshall’s book promises to…
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Culture LISTEN: Bob Dylan (Finally) Delivers Nobel Lecture
The saga of Bob Dylan’s oddly ambivalent acceptance of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature is finally over, as the singer-songwriter presented his Nobel Lecture on June 4. “When I received the Nobel Prize for Literature, I got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature,” Dylan said, opening the lecture. After a brief…
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Culture Celebrate Bob Dylan’s 76th Birthday With His 10 Most Jewish Songs
While Bob Dylan has, throughout his life and career, engaged in all sorts of mythologizing and playful biographical falsification, it has never been in the service of denying his heritage. This son of a middle-class appliance salesman from the Upper Midwest, who grew up with a Yiddish-speaking grandmother down the hallway in an extended Jewish…
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Fast Forward Bob Dylan Gets His Nobel Prize In Small Stockholm Ceremony
(JTA) – American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has received his Nobel diploma and his gold Nobel medal in Stockholm. The Swedish Academy met on Saturday with Dylan in a private ceremony in order to present him with the trappings of his Nobel Prize for Literature, Sara Danius, secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Sunday in a…
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Culture Bob Dylan Archive Now Open For Research
In 2016, the University of Tulsa and George Kaiser Family Foundation purchased a sizeable collection of Bob Dylan’s personal papers, recordings, artwork, memorabilia and more. The collection, which includes over 6,000 items, is now open to select researchers. The Bob Dylan Archive, which is housed at The University of Tulsa’s Helmerich Center for American Research,…
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Fast Forward Bob Dylan To Accept Nobel Prize This Weekend — Yes, Finally
Bob Dylan, Professional Enigma, will finally accept his Nobel Prize for Literature this weekend. Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which issues the awards, announced the news in a blog post. Dylan, she wrote, would accept the award while in Sweden to perform two concerts; the Swedish Academy, she said, would attend one…
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Fast Forward Bob Dylan Will Finally Pick Up His Nobel Prize In Stockholm
(JTA) — American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm. The Swedish Academy will hand over his Nobel diploma and Nobel medial in a “small and intimate” setting and no media will be present, Sara Danius, secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Wednesday in a blogpost. Dylan is scheduled to…
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