Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader

Edited by Benjamin Hedin

ISBN 10: 0393327426 / ISBN 13: 9780393327427

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2006

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First published as a Norton paperback 2006, 1st printing. 336pp. Not PoD. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in FINE condition. "Hedin has gathered together not only the best writing on the ever-changing folk singer, but also some of the best writing about any musician around . . . His well-balanced collection mixes harsh criticism and unabashed enthusiasm, drawing from the works of great writers and artists--like Greil Marcus, Sam Shepard, Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gates, Nat Hentoff, Robert Christgau, Anne Waldman, David Hajdu and Barry Hannah. [+ Tom Piazza, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Gary Giddins, Rick Moody & Dylan himself] The breadth and depth of Hedin's selection is wonderful."--Publishers Weekly. "This valuable collection gathers nearly 50 pieces to form a collage illustrating and illuminating Dylan's career and strongly attesting his enduring legacy and continued relevance."--Booklist. "The most absorbing, wide-ranging and stimulating body of writing about the mighty Bob that's ever been assembled."--Salman Rushdie. Pristine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393327426
• ISBN 13: 9780393327427
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

"The most absorbing, wide-ranging and stimulating body of writing about the mighty Bob that's ever been assembled."--Salman Rushdie

Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "not only the best writing on the ever-changing folk singer, but also some of the best writing about any musician around," Studio A presents Bob Dylan's unique literary legacy in a collection that is quintessentially Dylan: mosaic, offbeat, poetic. This "astutely chosen and intelligently annotated" collection (Time Out London) gathers over fifty articles, poems, essays, speeches, literary criticisms, and interviews; many previously unpublished. Individually, these pieces offer insight into the man and his time, but collectively they reveal the coming-of-age of American cultural criticism in their "sweeping view of both Dylan and the changing times he so eloquently captured in his music" (Publishers Weekly). With Sam Shepard, Bruce Springsteen, Allen Ginsberg, Johnny Cash, Greil Marcus, Joyce Carol Oates, Gary Giddins, Rick Moody, Tom Piazza, Barry Hannah, and Dylan himself on the list of contributors, Studio A is truly "a vital document" (New York Times) for all fans. 8 pages of photographs

About the Author

Benjamin Hedin serves on the English faculty at Long Island University. His writing has appeared in The Nation, Gettysburg Review, and other publications. He lives in New York City.