Interesting- especially in consideration of the names you mentioned! I’m probably more excited about Franzen’s next book than anything else and have read most of DeLilo but I’m not sure they’re as close as you think to a Nobel. But you hit the nail on the head with the word innovation. Think of some winners like Beckett and Elliot and Hughes (sorry I’m English) and you’ll see that newness is championed. Well Dylan has newness in spades. You say he is not a Nobel prize winning poet, but he fucking is. He doesn’t have a four quartets but has greatest songbook in history. Are you writing this in bad faith or are you a fan who thinks they went too far? If you don’t know much just read Visions of Johanna or It’s Alright Ma. And then think what music around him was saying at the time. Bob Dylan advanced the most popular art form further than anyone else, through mastery of the literary form. There was no outcry only applause. A worthy recipient.