In his “On the Bookshelf” column in the excellent online magazine Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life, Josh Lambert writes, “The Artist Formerly Known as Robert Zimmerman has inspired any number of readings attentive to his Jewish roots, but no Dylanologist has gone quite so far as veteran music critic Seth Rogovoy.”
Tablet Magazine: “fervent … dynamic … grand.”
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REVIEW: “Astonishing focus and intensity” “Highly illuminating” “Endlessly fascinating” (from Shelf Awareness)
Friday, October 30th, 2009Writing in the trade publication Shelf Awareness, reviewer John McFarland has this to say about BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet:
“With astonishing focus and intensity, Seth Rogovoy shows how Bob Dylan arrived in New York City as a poor and obscure 20-something determined to carve out a path to fame and fortune. His close-up of Dylan along with the icon’s psychology and sources of creativity should prove endlessly fascinating for his fans.
First On-Air Review of BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Matthew Tannenbaum, owner of the Bookstore in Lenox, Mass., and a regular commentator about books on WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s morning “Roundtable” program, discussed BOB DYLAN: PROPHET, MYSTIC, POET yesterday morning. You can hear Matt’s commentary about the book here; you can also advance directly to the portion where he talks about the book by sliding the bar to 10:05, reading on the left.
What They’re Saying So Far
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009“BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet is an entertaining read; a book to add to the shelf of your Bob Dylan library.” — Suzanne Vega
“BOB DYLAN: Prophet Mystic Poet helps fill in one more piece of an endless and endlessly fascinating puzzle.” – Alan Light, frequent contributor to the New York Times and former senior writer at Rolling Stone
“… required reading for those who seek to understand not only Dylan but the meaning of their own life.” – Rabbi Alan Berg
“A bold attempt to explain why Dylan so often sounds like my zeyde.” — Michael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch and How To Be A Mentsh (And Not A Shmuck)
