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9. How is he less deserving than any other American poet of the last 50 years or so?

Fri Oct 14, 2016, 11:24 PM

Oct 2016

He's one of the few "pop" songwriters (Leonard Cohen is another) whose lyrics can stand as poetry on their own.

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I nominated Bob Dylan for the Nobel Prize. You�re welcome. [View all] rug Oct 2016 OP

A close family friend's daughter named her son malaise Oct 2016 #1

I wonder if he'll say anything about the Prize. rug Oct 2016 #3

He continually reworks arrangements of his tunes elias7 Oct 2016 #4

Because it's musical literature? rug Oct 2016 #6

I always wanted to regain my adjunct trial ad job AngryAmish Oct 2016 #8

My father loved Dylan when I was a child, had all his albums. betsuni Oct 2016 #10