Archive - Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether

Ask Greil: September 20, 2025

That lift as “Madame George” begins: is anything in life going to satisfy the desire in that moment of art?

Sep 20 •

Real Life Rock Top 10: September 5, 2025

A billboard, a suicide, Sinéad O’Connor in many hands, and a holiday in the sun

Sep 5 •

August 2025

July 2025

When First Unto This Country: Bob Dylan and the Little Sandy Review

Video from the third World of Bob Dylan conference in Tulsa, July 25, 2025

Jul 31 •

Real Life Rock Top 10: July 1, 2025

SPECIAL BEING AND NOTHINGNESS EDITION! The obvious and the unsolvable in Buenos Aires, an abyss opens up in the Russian Civil War, and more literary…

Jul 1 •

June 2025

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