Benjamin Hedin, Editor
Studio A
The Bob Dylan Reader
"The most absorbing, wide-ranging and
stimulating body of writing about the
mighty Bob that's ever been assembled."
—Salman Rushdie
HAILED BY Publishers Weekly as "not only the best
writing on the ever-changing folk singer, but also
some of the best writing about any musician around,"
Studio A presents Bob Dylan's unique literary legacy in
a collection that is quintessentially Dylan: mosaic,
offbeat, poetic. This "astutely chosen and intelligently
annotated" collection (Time Out London) gathers over
fifty articles, poems, essays, speeches, literary criticisms,
and interviews—many previously unpublished.
Individually, these pieces offer insight into the man
and his time, but collectively they reveal the comingof-
age of American cultural criticism in their "sweeping
view of both Dylan and the changing times he so
eloquently captured in his music" (Publishers Weekly).
With Sam Shepard, Bruce Springsteen, Allen
Ginsberg, Johnny Cash, Greil Marcus, Joyce Carol
Oates, Gary Giddins, Rick Moody, Tom Piazza,
Barry Hannah, and Dylan himself on the list of contributors,
Studio A is truly "a vital document" (New York
Times) for all fans.
BENJAMIN HEDIN serves on the English
faculty at Long Island University. His writing
has appeared in The Nation, Gettysburg
Review, and other publications. He lives in
New York City.
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