Autobiography of bob dylan

When Dan Kois asked me to review David Kinney’s fascinating book The Dylanologists: Adventures in the Land of Bob for the Slate Book Review, I took a look at the Dylan section of my bookshelves and wondered how different I was from the Bob obsessives Kinney profiles.

Over the years I have collected a lot of Dylan reading material, including picture books and fan magazines and pamphlets. I owned a set list from a show at Merriweather Post Pavilion for three seconds before my friend took it.

Here are some, though not all, of the Dylan books on my shelf:

By Dylan’s Hand: 

I like Bob Dylan Lyrics 1962-2001 better than the online version because you can write in the margins.

Alas, my original copy from my early days of fandom (Bob Dylan Lyrics 1962-1985) was stolen so I can’t reflect on what my 16-year-old self thought about things. I have a half-dozen songbooks, but if you want a big collection, I prefer the arrangements in The S