Tarantula - UK 1stTarantula by Bob Dylan published by MacGibbon and Kee in 1971. First edition first impression from 1971 in fine condition, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm, jacket in removable protective sleeve. Tarantula is an experimental prose poetry collection by Bob Dylan, written in 1964 and 1965. It was published in 1971. It employs stream of consciousness writing, somewhat in the style of Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg.