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Bob Dylan brings links between JFK assassination and coronavirus into stark relief

  • Written by Aniko Bodroghkozy, Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
Then – as now – Americans found themselves transfixed by the news.International Center of Photography

Over the past few weeks, the coronavirus has turned the country’s cultural spigot off, with sports suspended, museums closed and movies postponed.

But the virus hasn’t stopped Bob Dylan, who, on the evening of March 26,...

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