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A pair of poems written by Bob Dylan have been published in The New Yorker magazine. The poems — simply titled “#17″ and “#21″ — were penned by Dylan in an era closer to The Times They Are A-Changin’ than Modern Times. They will be featured in the upcoming book Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric: The Lost Manuscript, which pairs 23 Dylan poems with classic Hollywood photos by photographer Barry Feinstein, who also photographed Dylan for the The Times They Are A-Changin’ album cover. Forty years after Feinstein and Dylan collaborated on the project, the 160-page book will finally be released on November 4th through Simon & Schuster. “#17″ finds the narrator pondering suicide and Marlon Brando, while “#21″ has the narrator attending the funeral. Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric is Dylan’s latest foray into literature: (more…)







The latest issue of Rolling Stone features Greil Marcus’s in-depth Q&A with Todd Haynes, director of I’m Not There — the new film in which six different actors portray Bob Dylan. The interview was originally conducted before an audience at the Telluride Film Festival, the day after I’m Not There premiered. Below, check out audio excerpts from the interview:






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