Just a few weeks before Bob Dylan turns 80, Sean Latham releases The World of Bob Dylan, a collection of essays that explore Dylan’s life and work, as well as the impact he’s had on music, culture and politics. Latham is the director of the University of Tusla’s Institute for Bob Dylan Studies and one of the country’s leading Dylan experts. For the book, he’s amassed an impressive list of music scholars and culture critics — including Greil Marcus, Ira Wells, Gayle Wald and Kim Ruehl. Nashville’s own Ann Powers contributed the essay “Gender and Sexuality: Bob Dylan’s Body” — a perfect choice, since Powers literally wrote the book on popular music and sex with 2017’s Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music. To celebrate the release of The World of Bob Dylan, Latham and Powers will discuss the collection on Parnassus Books’ Facebook page. It’s free to watch and the video will be archived, should you miss the live presentation. 7 p.m. Friday, May 7, via Parnassus Books MEGAN SELING
Stream Sean Latham, Editor of The World of Bob Dylan, in Conversation With Ann Powers
