Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Dylan has of late been taught at Harvard by a classics professor who puts him in the tradition of Virgil and Catullus.  Sounds good to me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/arts/music/bob-dylan-101-a-harvard-professor-has-the-coolest-class-on-campus.html

If civilization survives to Y4K and historians remember the 20th century, they will likely underscore the significance of the counter-culture and its music that reified social and political currents during the first war lost by the USA. Dylan will be remembered above all other writers in this context.

One could argue as well that this award distinguishes the resurgence of the bardic tradition as a popular art form, in the context of a declining general readership for traditional literature and poetry. Maybe next go-round Trump will win one for his Twitter feed.

The further question is whether Dylan will acknowledge the committee and appear at the award ceremony. Clues may be found in the lyrics to Day of the Locusts on New Morning-- a song about his honorary degree granted by Princeton.