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David Marcus

Columbia, New York
As seen in: The Nation, Facebook, CNN, The New York Times, New York Daily News, PLOS, AZCentral | The Arizona Republic, National Review, Cult of Mac, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, RealClear Politics and
Covers:  cultural criticism, literature, the left, political thought and activism, social movements, politics, socialism, novels
Literary Editor @TheNation. Working on a forthcoming history of socialism in the United States with @HenryHolt. Essays and more: linktr.ee/davidimarcus

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David Marcus’s Biography

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writes on literature, the left, and the end of history.

David Marcus’s Journalist Portfolio

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Marxism with Soul | n+1

Marxism with Soul | n+1

On the Cultural Criticism of Marshall Berman

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Beyond Indecision / Bookforum

Beyond Indecision / Bookforum

Western Marxism, like capitalism, operates on thirty-year business cycles. Ever since the First International…

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Post-Hysterics | Dissent

Post-Hysterics | Dissent

Zadie Smith and the Austerity Novel

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The Horizontalists | Dissent

The Horizontalists | Dissent

Political and intellectual Origins of Occupy

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The Ambivalence Artist | Dissent

The Ambivalence Artist | Dissent

On the Reluctant Anarchism of J.M. Coetzee

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Memory as Homeland | Dissent

Memory as Homeland | Dissent

On the Novels and Politics of George Konrad

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The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue

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By David Marcus
| The Nation Verified
What We Call the West The genius of Álvaro Enrigue The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue His new novel is as much a work of political philosophy as it is one of fiction. Ad Policy Illustration by Joe Ciardiello. This article appears in the June 2026 issue.
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A Louisiana Private School’s All-American Grift

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By David Marcus
| The Nation Verified
A Louisiana Private School’s All-American Grift In Miracle Children: Race, Education, and a True Story of False Promises, two reporters uncovered a high school scandal that puts into relief the unfinished work of integration. Ad Policy A student on his way to his high school commencement in New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007.
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Lea Ypi’s Family Secrets

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By David Marcus
| The Nation Verified
Lea Ypi, 2022. (Leonardo Cendamo / Getty Images) April 21, 2026 Lea Ypi’s Family Secrets In the political theorist’s genre-bending book on Albania and historical memory, Indignity, she interrogates how much one family can be implicated in a country’s becoming. Ad Policy The narrator of Lea Ypi’s Indignity is a woman on a mission.
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