Odetta on Bob Dylan Interviewed by Griffin Ondaatje and Craig Proctor Writer and filmmaker Griffin Ondaatje interviewed legendary folksinger Odetta in Toronto on November 18th, 2001 for an unreleased documentary he made with colleague Craig Proctor. The transcript is published in the Dylan Review for the first time, ahead of a future collection of […]
“The Drafts of ‘Brownsville Girl,’ Found and Lost” By Bill Lattanzi Bob Dylan has been surprisingly generous describing his writing method over the years. When he was young, he’s said, the songs came straight from the unconscious: “the early songs … were mostly all first drafts … It’s like a ghost [wrote them].”[1] As […]
“Thought/Dreams” By Michael Gray (2025) “Time brings to his deserted cot No tidings of his after lot; But his weal or woe is still the theme Of my daily thought, and my nightly dream.” Poor Alice is not proud or coy; But her heart is with her minstrel boy. This is from the […]
“Don’t They” By David Sheftman The rhymes don’t work They don’t. Don’t they? The rhythms gone It is? OK. And here I stand At 83 Etched lines on my face Weak at the knees. Voice like a jaggedy blade Eyes hiding behind shades Dying a little And some days a lot […]
The Dylanista “Dylan’s craft or Sullen Art” Kudos to Timothée Chalamet for creating a Bob Dylan role tremblingly balanced between total immersion and dramatic restraint. Chalamet’s portrayal is memorable as much for the unexpected gentleness of his young Bob as for the familiar saber-toothed ambition. Let’s not forget, though, that Chalamet is working […]
Dimitrios P. Naskos. And the Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to … Bob Dylan?. Virginia Beach: Koehler Books. 2024. 221 pp. Reviewed by Thomas G. Palaima, University of Texas Δεν μένει τίποτα ίδιο / Συνήθειες έρχονται πάνε / Μεταβαλλόμενος κόσμος / Εύκολα οι μνήμες ξεχνάνε Nothing stays the same / Customs come and go / […]
Lucy Sante. Six Sermons for Bob Dylan. Tenement, 2024. 74 pp. Reviewed by Michael Gilmour, Providence University College, Canada Lucy Sante’s Six Sermons for Bob Dylan is the script she prepared for the Jennifer LeBeau film Trouble No More – A Musical Film (2017), and consequently a review of her book ought to have […]
Joan Osborne. Dylanology Live. The Cabot, MA, 7 June 2025. Reviewed by Britt Eisnor Thirty years after the release of her debut studio album Relish, Joan Osborne is on the road paying homage to one of her earliest influences: Bob Dylan. This tour, affectionately titled Dylanology Live, is in support of a new live […]
Norman Raeben (1901-1978): The Wandering Painting, edited by Fabio Fantuzzi. Livorno, Italy: Sillabe, 2025, pp. 250. Reviewed by Alessandro Carrera, University of Houston This luscious book is the catalog of Norman Raeben’s exhibition hosted in Venice, Italy by the Venice Jewish Museum and other artistic associations (Ikona, Lab Space, Azzime) from November 24, 2024, […]
Bob Dylan: Point Blank. Halcyon Gallery, London. 9 May–6 July 2025. Reviewed by Angus Gibson Point Blank is an exhibition of 97 new paintings by Bob Dylan at the Halcyon Gallery on London’s New Bond St from May 9th to July 6th, 2025. The gallery is located in the heart of Mayfair, one of […]
