"I like Allen Ginsberg and not Bob Dylan" wrote a reader a while back on our Facebook page, and another wrote accurately and swiftly back, "They're joined at the hip."
Allen loved.. no, Allen revered Bob Dylan
We announced a few weeks back the immanent sale, (or, right now, proposed sale, University librarians, please note), of the "Holy Grail of Archives" - the Ed Sanders Archive,
but that, monumentous as it is, fades in comparison to the news announced today
(in an exclusive to the New York Times) -
the sale to the University of Oklahoma of The Bob Dylan Archive
but that, monumentous as it is, fades in comparison to the news announced today
(in an exclusive to the New York Times) -
the sale to the University of Oklahoma of The Bob Dylan Archive
Ben Sisario's extensive article for The New York Times is here
Dylan himself is quoted in the official announcement: "I'm glad that my archives, which have been collected all these years have finally found a home and are to be included with the works of Woody Guthrie and especially alongside all the valuable artifacts from the Native America Nations. To me, it makes a lot of sense, and it's a great honor"
