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Book (P)reviews, Greil Marcus

Marcus in Conversation Reviewed

Greg Cwik in PopMatters is less wowed by Marcus the conversationalist than by Marcus the writer: “Marcus talks about his initial involvement with FSM [Free Speech Movement], his waning interest, and, as seen above, his eventual disillusion, but none of this is told fervidly. It’s maybe the most revealing of the interviews in the collection, though it sometimes drags. Seeing Marcus in the context of … Continue reading Marcus in Conversation Reviewed

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Book (P)reviews, Greil Marcus, Interviews

Conversation with Joe Bonomo, Editor of ‘Conversations with Greil Marcus’

Last October, the University Press of Mississippi released Conversations With Greil Marcus, edited by Joe Bonomo and featuring 14 interviews with Marcus, from 1981 to 2010 (including, I’m pleased to say, the Online Exchange conducted at rockcritics.com back in 2002). There’s more information about the book on Bonomo’s website, No such Thing As Was, and he was kind enough to answer a few quick e-mail … Continue reading Conversation with Joe Bonomo, Editor of ‘Conversations with Greil Marcus’

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