involving boats, fishing, or water.
In fact, after Kortes had a pub-
lisher and the book was close
to publication, she had a similar
dream of her own.
“I was on a big boat, like a lux-
ury liner, asleep in a big open
room on a lower level on a mat-
tress on the floor. Dylan called
me on my cell phone to tell me it
was time to get up. Then my re-
al-life cell phone alarm went off,
interrupting my dream of Dylan
calling me on my cell phone to
tell me it was time to get up. He
knows everything.” — “It’s Time”
One of the most intriguing areas
of synergy between Dylan’s mu-
sic and this book is the fact that
he wrote about dreams in about
28 different songs. Some offer
a passing mention, while others
dive into the dreams themselves,
but at least seven have the word
‘dream’ in the title. Of them all
“Talking World War III Blues”
stands out for Kortes.
“The line in there, ‘I’ll let you
be in my dreams if I can be in
yours’ was almost begging for
this book to be written. It made
it possible for me,” said Kortes.
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Watch Bob Dylan perform “Talking World War III Blues”
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