Graley Herren is Professor of English at Xavier University, where he has taught since 1998. Before arriving in Cincinnati, he received his B.A. (1992) and M.A. (1994) degrees in English from the University of Tennessee, and his Ph.D. (1998) in English from Florida State University. He specializes in Modern Irish Literature, Modern Drama, Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, and Bob Dylan.
This is a collection of his writings on Bob Dylan, many of which are also published on his Substack Shadow Chasing, a newsletter about contexts and conversations in Bob Dylan's art.
Submissions from 2024
Dylan + Art: Rodin, Graley Herren
Dylan + Art: The Gaze (Part 1, Bodies), Graley Herren
Dylan + Art: The Gaze (Part 2, Looking), Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: November 2001, Graley Herren
Gender Performance, Part 1, Graley Herren
Gender Performance, Part 2: Ricky Nelson, Graley Herren
The Warfield Cycle: Dylan's Mystery Plays, San Francisco, November 1980, Graley Herren
Submissions from 2023
Creole Trilogy: Yellow Moon, Oh Mercy, and Acadie, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: August 1989, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: February 1998, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: June 1988, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: March 1965, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: November 1965, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: November 1981, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: November 1992, Graley Herren
Dylan in Cincinnati: October 1978, Graley Herren
Dylannati: Introduction to Series on Dylan in Cincinnati, Graley Herren
Dylan & Obama, Graley Herren
Dylan's Holy Outlaws, Graley Herren
Foster & Poe & Dylan, Graley Herren
Just Like Nina Simone's Blues, Graley Herren
Mr. Tambo & Mr. Bones, Play a Song for Me: Foster & Poe in Dylan's "Nelly Was a Lady" Chapter, Graley Herren
To Hell and Back: Bob Dylan & Anaïs Mitchell’s Underworld Songs (Part 2: Hadestown), Graley Herren
To Hell and Back: Bob Dylan & Anaïs Mitchell’s Underworld Songs (Part 3: Rough and Rowdy Ways & Shadow Kingdom), Graley Herren
To Hell and Back: Bob Dylan and Anaïs Mitchell's Underworld Songs (Part 1: Blonde on Blonde), Graley Herren
Ultrasound: Time Out of Mind in utero, Graley Herren
Witchy Women & Sketchy Men: Gender Dynamics in The Philosophy of Modern Song, Graley Herren
Submissions from 2022
Come You Whiffenpoofs of War, Graley Herren
Gypsy Dylan, Graley Herren
Slow Trolley Coming, Graley Herren
Somnicide: Dream Songs as Murder Ballads in Time Out of Mind, Graley Herren
The Art of the Unsaid in Dylan's The Philosophy of Modern Song, Graley Herren
Submissions from 2021
Resurrecting Dying Voices in "Every Grain of Sand", Graley Herren
Submissions from 2020
From Don DeLillo to Bob Dylan: An Interview with Graley Herren, Graley Herren
Young Goodman Dylan: Chronicles at the Crossroads, Graley Herren
Submissions from 2019
The Twilight’s Last Gleaming: Dialogues and Debts in Bob Dylan’s "Chimes of Freedom", Graley Herren
Submissions from 2018
Mythic Quest in Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Graley Herren
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Conor McPherson’s Girl from the North Country, Graley Herren
