Bob Dylan Wins First Pulitzer For Rock

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How does it feel to share the limelight with rock legend Bob Dylan?

This year’s Pulitzer Prizes in honored two musical innovators who tend to reject categorization: A special citation went to singer-songwriter Dylan, and the annual music award went to composer and Los Angeles native David Lang.

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In an interview Monday, Lang enthusiastically mixed metaphors: “You know, I am not fit to touch the hem of his shoes. Bob Dylan is the only artist who’s in heavy rotation in my household.”
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