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The Fourth State of Matter

The collie wakes me up about three times a night, summoning me from a great distance as I row my boat through a dim, complicated dream. She’s on the shoreline, barking. Wake up. She’s…
PUBLISHED: June 24, 1996
LENGTH: 28 minutes (7194 words)

Simon Reynolds interviews Greil Marcus

Image: Thierry Arditti, Paris Earlier this year I visited Greil Marcus, widely considered the greatest living rock writer, at his home on the border between Berkeley and Oakland to profile him for…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4815 words)

Man and Wife

by Katie Chase They say every girl remembers that special day when everything starts to change. I was lying under the tree in my parents’ backyard, an oak old enough to give shade but too young…
LENGTH: 34 minutes (8695 words)
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