WRITING DYLAN

This study of Dylans mission-driven music reveals a functional approach to art that not only sustained his 60-year career but forever changed an art form.

The second edition of Writing Dylan: The Songs of a Lonesome Traveler examines Nobel Laureate Bob Dylans historic career, yielding unique insights into a distinctively American artists creative world. The book opens with a short biography and description of Dylans artistic method before diving into the seven missions of his lifes work. Chapters are supported by song lyrics, of which the authors license agreement with Bob Dylan Music enables a definitive presentation.

Since the release of the first edition in 2005, the laureate has produced three albums of original material as well as three widely praised albums of American standards. Columbia Records has issued multiple boxed sets chronicling specific periods of Dylans career, and several films have been made about him. Dylan himself has also given numerous speeches and interviews, often while accepting prestigious awards. This second edition not only features these new materials but draws on them to recast the first edition, presenting Dylans music as an indelible art form.