{"title":"Graley Herren","description":"Graley Herren is professor of English at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He is author of books on Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, and Bob Dylan. He writes a Substack on Dylan called Shadow Chasing, and he serves on the editorial board of The Dylan Review.","products":[{"product_id":"dylan-in-cincinnati-paperback","title":"Dylan in Cincinnati - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDylan in Cincinnati \u003c\/em\u003etakes a fresh approach to Bob Dylan's performance art by asking what happens when we focus on a single city across six decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we think of Dylan in concert, we imagine Newport, New York, or London. But most of his shows were in places far from the spotlight--venues largely ignored by music critics and scholars. Cincinnati, a city with little fanfare in the heart of the American Midwest, becomes an ideal site for study. Its concerts and bootleg recordings tell a story of reinvention night after night, year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history requires planting a shovel in one locale and digging down, layer after layer. What emerges is a portrait of Dylan as a restless itinerant artist who never abandoned audiences in flyover states. In fact, some of his strongest performances were given there. By recovering these overlooked shows, \u003cem\u003eDylan in Cincinnati\u003c\/em\u003e documents not only the history of one city's concerts but also the essence of Dylan's enduring power as a live performer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368990965983,"sku":"9781496863997","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NC40sSN3bZ9781496863997.webp?v=1789136022"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/graley-herren.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}