New York Times — Mr. Dylan may have styled himself early on as a vagabond country boy, but those familiar with his life know he first rose to prominence as a driven folk singer in Greenwich Village coffeehouses. more info

NME — Dylan was awarded the prize for creating 'new poetic expressions' more info

BBC News - UK — Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize reignites the debate about whether song lyrics can ever be considered literature - is it time to finally tear down the cultural barriers? more info

New York Post — Before his death in 1997, Allen Ginsberg recalled hearing Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” for the first time, at a party in the early 1960s. Filled with rich, apocalyptic imagery, the song left the New York City Beat poet in tears. �... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In more than three decades as a reporter, I have been fortunate enough to witness more than my share of history, from elections to wars to most everything in between.   So I’m a little embarrassed to say I have almost no memory of my first ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In more than three decades as a reporter, I have been fortunate enough to witness more than my share of history, from elections to wars to most everything in between.   So I’m a little embarrassed to say I have almost no memory of my first ... more info

New York Times — The Nobel honors an artist who had the ability to absorb a world of music and add his own strange, inexplicable touch. more info

New York Times — A look at Bob Dylan's contribution to the world of literature that brought him a Nobel Prize. more info

USA Today Music — A glimpse at the life and times of folk singer Bob Dylan, who won a Nobel Prize in literature Thursday             more info

Stereogum — This morning, Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature. And now, fellow gravel-voiced eccentric Tom Waits has taken some time away from beefing with French circus performers to offer some congratulations in a rare public statement: pic.twitte... more info