James Marcus

James Marcus is an editor, translator, and critic. He is most recently the author of Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Brian Wilson’s Endless Summer Brian Wilson’s Endless Summer

His music, by turns joyous and melancholy, wide-eyed and masterful, transformed the meaning of pop.

Jun 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / James Marcus

Perfect-Bound: On Elizabeth Hardwick

Perfect-Bound: On Elizabeth Hardwick Perfect-Bound: On Elizabeth Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick found New York's jittery impermanence and inchoate density to be an obstacle for the fiction writer.

Jan 19, 2011 / Books & the Arts / James Marcus

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