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Greil Marcus Finally Finds, Tells The “Secret History”
by | Sep 21, 2023 10:20 am
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Legendary culture writer opens up at launch of annual writer-award fest.
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2023 Campbell fest keynoter Greil Marcus.
A rumination on the question of why people write — delivered by legendary culture writer Greil Marcus — that took in his personal history, the history of the tail end of World War II, and David Lynch’s classic Blue Velvet proved a moving and thought-provoking start to Yale’s Windham Campbell Festival on Wednesday evening. The festival, which runs Thursday and Friday, celebrates the world of words, centering on this year’s recipients of the Windham Campbell Prizes.
