Greil Marcus

I believe all the polls, and none of them I believe all the polls, and none of them

Will Americans do the impossible and elect a black president? The alternative is monstrous.
By Greil Marcus Nov 3, 2008

  • Salon Book Awards

    Our five-day book extravaganza kicks off with Erica Jong, Malcolm Gladwell, Curtis Sittenfeld and some of our other favorite authors weighing in on the best reads of 2006.
    By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey December 11, 2006

  • Unquiet Americans

    Greil Marcus searches for the prophetic voices of America and finds them in Abraham Lincoln, David Lynch and Riot Grrrl bands of the '90s.
    By J. Gabriel Boylan October 12, 2006

  • The American dream

    The real story of America is not about power, money or the march of armies. It is about a dream of liberty and justice and independence -- a dream that still comes true every day.
    By Greil Marcus July 4, 2006

  • Love is red, death is blue

    Greil Marcus and Sean Wilentz discuss their amazing new anthology of writing about the American ballad -- and wonder whether Republicans sing better songs of passion and murder than Democrats do.
    By Charles Taylor November 17, 2004
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