Kavangh’s words ring true in the case of Bob Dylan who becomes an octogenarian next Monday. Bob Dylan’s devouring mind has been compared to ‘blotting paper’ because ‘he soaked up everything around him’. Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg at the grave of Jack Kerouac in Massachusetts. Bob Dylan: ‘I think one thing today and I think another thing tomorrow. He is Irish Times Poetry Editor and among the poets included in the anthology Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan (New Rivers Press, Minnesota )

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2021 04:00 UTC