Greil Marcus, Author at Public Seminar

On race, stereotypes, and “a wonderful, hideous joke”

March 26, 2024 • by Greil Marcus

Greil Marcus on the nuanced portrayal of race, family trauma, and cultural constructs in Percival Everett's ERASURE....

Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts

Revolution in the Service of Poetry?

Would-be fascists on the Right and would-be commissars on the Left

February 28, 2022 • by Greil Marcus

There are would-be fascists on the right and would-be commissars on the left. All they need is institutional power, and they will speak as art, against art: Caesar will become God, and God will tell Caesar it is right....

Greil Marcus

Invisible Scam: Percival Everett’s Erasure

On race, stereotypes, and “a wonderful, hideous joke”

Revolution in the Service of Poetry?

Would-be fascists on the Right and would-be commissars on the Left

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