The 2019 Nobel Prize awards are being announced. I remember when Bob Dylan won his Nobel Prize three years ago. In 2016, Dylan received a Nobel Prize in Literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” At the time, Harvard offered a seminar called “Bob Dylan,” and the professor and students there celebrated with cup cakes. Many critics opposed giving this award to a songwriter. But the beloved Joyce Carol Oates tweeted: “Inspired &; original choice…. His haunting music &; lyrics have always seemed, in the deepest sense, literary.” Early on, the young Joan Baez recognized Dylan’s ear and talent for poetry and writing. They…