Published today on my blog at:
https://rollason.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/michael-gray-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-my-review-in-the-dylan-review-3-2/
MICHAEL GRAY, ‘OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN’ – MY REVIEW IN THE DYLAN REVIEW 3.2.

I have reviewed Michael Gray’s excellent essay collection ‘Outtakes on Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021’ (Pontefract: Route, 2021), in the Dylan Review 3.2 (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022), pp. 45-52, at : https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/

I hope this review of a book by a major Dylan scholar will be of interest to Dylanites generally.

This Dylan Review issue is extremely interesting and, alert to new events in the Dylan world, contains, among much more, reviews of Dylan’s film Shadow Kingdom and the latest Bootleg Series (No 16), Springtime in New York and a joint review of the recent Emma Swift and Chrissie Hynde cover albums :

https://thedylanreview.org/

The issue also features Dave Junker’s review of my own book ‘Read Books, Repeat Quotations: The Literary Bob Dylan’, for which see a separate entry on my blog!

All best to all,

Chris Rollason

On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:09:22 PM UTC-5, Christopher Rollason wrote:
> Published today on my blog at:
> https://rollason.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/michael-gray-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-my-review-in-the-dylan-review-3-2/
> MICHAEL GRAY, ‘OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN’ – MY REVIEW IN THE DYLAN REVIEW 3.2.
>
> I have reviewed Michael Gray’s excellent essay collection ‘Outtakes on Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021’ (Pontefract: Route, 2021), in the Dylan Review 3.2 (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022), pp. 45-52, at : https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/
>
> I hope this review of a book by a major Dylan scholar will be of interest to Dylanites generally.
>
> This Dylan Review issue is extremely interesting and, alert to new events in the Dylan world, contains, among much more, reviews of Dylan’s film Shadow Kingdom and the latest Bootleg Series (No 16), Springtime in New York and a joint review of the recent Emma Swift and Chrissie Hynde cover albums :
>
> https://thedylanreview.org/
>
> The issue also features Dave Junker’s review of my own book ‘Read Books, Repeat Quotations: The Literary Bob Dylan’, for which see a separate entry on my blog!
>
> All best to all,
>
> Chris Rollason

Of interest....

On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:09:22 PM UTC-5, Christopher Rollason wrote:
> Published today on my blog at:
> https://rollason.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/michael-gray-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-my-review-in-the-dylan-review-3-2/
> MICHAEL GRAY, ‘OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN’ – MY REVIEW IN THE DYLAN REVIEW 3.2.
>
> I have reviewed Michael Gray’s excellent essay collection ‘Outtakes on Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021’ (Pontefract: Route, 2021), in the Dylan Review 3.2 (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022), pp. 45-52, at : https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/
>
> I hope this review of a book by a major Dylan scholar will be of interest to Dylanites generally.
>
> This Dylan Review issue is extremely interesting and, alert to new events in the Dylan world, contains, among much more, reviews of Dylan’s film Shadow Kingdom and the latest Bootleg Series (No 16), Springtime in New York and a joint review of the recent Emma Swift and Chrissie Hynde cover albums :
>
> https://thedylanreview.org/
>
> The issue also features Dave Junker’s review of my own book ‘Read Books, Repeat Quotations: The Literary Bob Dylan’, for which see a separate entry on my blog!
>
> All best to all,
>
> Chris Rollason
Thank you, Chris. The Dylan Review is quite a periodical. I intend to read your review, and that comparison of Infidels to Richard III also caught my eye.

Question for all here, though, who have read Heylin's Double Life: Is it just me, or is the book unreadable? I don't question his brilliance. But I can't make any headway in it. It jumps about so much and the text is so dense that I keep having to backtrack, until I toss it aside and say, forget it.

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 9:19:20 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
> On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:09:22 PM UTC-5, Christopher Rollason wrote:
> > Published today on my blog at:
> > https://rollason.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/michael-gray-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-my-review-in-the-dylan-review-3-2/
> > MICHAEL GRAY, ‘OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN’ – MY REVIEW IN THE DYLAN REVIEW 3.2.
> >
> > I have reviewed Michael Gray’s excellent essay collection ‘Outtakes on Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021’ (Pontefract: Route, 2021), in the Dylan Review 3.2 (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022), pp. 45-52, at : https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/
> >
> > I hope this review of a book by a major Dylan scholar will be of interest to Dylanites generally.
> >
> > This Dylan Review issue is extremely interesting and, alert to new events in the Dylan world, contains, among much more, reviews of Dylan’s film Shadow Kingdom and the latest Bootleg Series (No 16), Springtime in New York and a joint review of the recent Emma Swift and Chrissie Hynde cover albums :
> >
> > https://thedylanreview.org/
> >
> > The issue also features Dave Junker’s review of my own book ‘Read Books, Repeat Quotations: The Literary Bob Dylan’, for which see a separate entry on my blog!
> >
> > All best to all,
> >
> > Chris Rollason
> Thank you, Chris. The Dylan Review is quite a periodical. I intend to read your review, and that comparison of Infidels to Richard III also caught my eye.
>
> Question for all here, though, who have read Heylin's Double Life: Is it just me, or is the book unreadable? I don't question his brilliance. But I can't make any headway in it. It jumps about so much and the text is so dense that I keep having to backtrack, until I toss it aside and say, forget it.
I'm grateful to the Dylan Review for publishing Thomas Kitts' review of Double Life. The review is very well-paced and straighforward, and inspires me to continue with Heylin.
https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-the-double-life-of-bob-dylan-a-restless-hungry-feeling-1941-1966/

On Tuesday, 18 January 2022 at 21:48:53 UTC-5, Willie wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 9:19:20 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
> > On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:09:22 PM UTC-5, Christopher Rollason wrote:
> > > Published today on my blog at:
> > > https://rollason.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/michael-gray-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-my-review-in-the-dylan-review-3-2/
> > > MICHAEL GRAY, ‘OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN’ – MY REVIEW IN THE DYLAN REVIEW 3.2.
> > >
> > > I have reviewed Michael Gray’s excellent essay collection ‘Outtakes on Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021’ (Pontefract: Route, 2021), in the Dylan Review 3.2 (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022), pp. 45-52, at : https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/
> > >
> > > I hope this review of a book by a major Dylan scholar will be of interest to Dylanites generally.
> > >
> > > This Dylan Review issue is extremely interesting and, alert to new events in the Dylan world, contains, among much more, reviews of Dylan’s film Shadow Kingdom and the latest Bootleg Series (No 16), Springtime in New York and a joint review of the recent Emma Swift and Chrissie Hynde cover albums :
> > >
> > > https://thedylanreview.org/
> > >
> > > The issue also features Dave Junker’s review of my own book ‘Read Books, Repeat Quotations: The Literary Bob Dylan’, for which see a separate entry on my blog!
> > >
> > > All best to all,
> > >
> > > Chris Rollason
> > Thank you, Chris. The Dylan Review is quite a periodical. I intend to read your review, and that comparison of Infidels to Richard III also caught my eye.
> >
> > Question for all here, though, who have read Heylin's Double Life: Is it just me, or is the book unreadable? I don't question his brilliance. But I can't make any headway in it. It jumps about so much and the text is so dense that I keep having to backtrack, until I toss it aside and say, forget it.
> I'm grateful to the Dylan Review for publishing Thomas Kitts' review of Double Life. The review is very well-paced and straighforward, and inspires me to continue with Heylin.
> https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-the-double-life-of-bob-dylan-a-restless-hungry-feeling-1941-1966/

On the other hand, a New Republic review of Heylin's book in May 2021 pretty much ripped it (and by extension, him) to shreds.

https://newrepublic.com/article/162533/whats-wrong-bob-dylans-biographers-clinton-heylin-review

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 10:37:48 PM UTC-5, K. Hematite wrote:
> On Tuesday, 18 January 2022 at 21:48:53 UTC-5, Willie wrote:
> > On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 9:19:20 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
> > > On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:09:22 PM UTC-5, Christopher Rollason wrote:
> > > > Published today on my blog at:
> > > > https://rollason.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/michael-gray-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-my-review-in-the-dylan-review-3-2/
> > > > MICHAEL GRAY, ‘OUTTAKES ON BOB DYLAN’ – MY REVIEW IN THE DYLAN REVIEW 3.2.
> > > >
> > > > I have reviewed Michael Gray’s excellent essay collection ‘Outtakes on Bob Dylan: Selected Writings 1967-2021’ (Pontefract: Route, 2021), in the Dylan Review 3.2 (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022), pp. 45-52, at : https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-outtakes-on-bob-dylan-selected-writings-1967-2021/
> > > >
> > > > I hope this review of a book by a major Dylan scholar will be of interest to Dylanites generally.
> > > >
> > > > This Dylan Review issue is extremely interesting and, alert to new events in the Dylan world, contains, among much more, reviews of Dylan’s film Shadow Kingdom and the latest Bootleg Series (No 16), Springtime in New York and a joint review of the recent Emma Swift and Chrissie Hynde cover albums :
> > > >
> > > > https://thedylanreview.org/
> > > >
> > > > The issue also features Dave Junker’s review of my own book ‘Read Books, Repeat Quotations: The Literary Bob Dylan’, for which see a separate entry on my blog!
> > > >
> > > > All best to all,
> > > >
> > > > Chris Rollason
> > > Thank you, Chris. The Dylan Review is quite a periodical. I intend to read your review, and that comparison of Infidels to Richard III also caught my eye.
> > >
> > > Question for all here, though, who have read Heylin's Double Life: Is it just me, or is the book unreadable? I don't question his brilliance. But I can't make any headway in it. It jumps about so much and the text is so dense that I keep having to backtrack, until I toss it aside and say, forget it.
> > I'm grateful to the Dylan Review for publishing Thomas Kitts' review of Double Life. The review is very well-paced and straighforward, and inspires me to continue with Heylin.
> > https://thedylanreview.org/2022/01/15/review-of-the-double-life-of-bob-dylan-a-restless-hungry-feeling-1941-1966/
> On the other hand, a New Republic review of Heylin's book in May 2021 pretty much ripped it (and by extension, him) to shreds.
>
> https://newrepublic.com/article/162533/whats-wrong-bob-dylans-biographers-clinton-heylin-review

Semley writes, "Heylin’s book betrays the frustration of this knowledge [WW: That figuring Dylan out is impossible]. It’s riven with the sort of nastiness that marks first-rate obsessives, whose interest in a subject calcifies in time into a thinly veiled hatred, as the object of their affection fails to reveal its fullness."

You know, I've felt a little of that myself at times (that is, an annoyance at Dylan's inscrutability). But then he comes up with something like "I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You" that wins back my heart.