Bob Dylan Doesn't Deserve the Nobel Prize In Literature and He Shouldn't Want It

by Rich SmithObama awarding Dylan the Presidential Medal of Freedom for "exceptional meritorious service." Cannot argue with that.Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com
Bob Dylan just won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature. If you somehow do not know who Bob Dylan is, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, suggests you start with Blonde on Blonde.But okay, sure. Give Dylan the prize for literature. Break Philip Roth's heart like that. Really twist the knife. Why not.After all, the