James Marcus
James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and five translations from the Italian (the most recent being Tullio Kezich’s Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis and Saul Steinberg’s Letters to Aldo Buzzi). He has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Salon, Newsday, the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He also writes about jazz, pop, and classical music for WBUR Online Arts. He blogs at www.housemirth.blogspot.com.
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Articles By JAMES MARCUS
- A Biblical Blast of Rage
At a reading for New School students, Frank Bidart is greeted like a god. - The Movie Star vs. the Poem
Our correspondent attends a fundraiser where celebs raise money for poetry. - Women, Gibberish, and Prom Dresses
Our critic’s take on a New York reading of Gertrude Stein’s whimsical cantata “History or Messages From History.”
