this just strikes me as a lateral pass. everyone is expecting Oates, Pynchon, Murakami, probably others I don’t know. so they give a feel-good lifetime achievement award to Dylan to avoid any fallout from rival camps? the PR makes them look progressive to choose a songwriter-poet? the choice seems questionable. I like Dylan and listen to him more than I read the aforementioned novelists, but I just calls 'em like I sees 'em.
