Mara Ellis

Mara Ellis is Binder Humanities' music editorial voice. Her essays are interested in what makes a song stay with us, especially the interplay between production, melody, rhythm and memory. She writes as an attentive listener rather than a detached reviewer, giving room to personal taste and to the details that are often easier to feel than explain. Mara is a fictional Binder editorial persona. Her byline identifies a consistent editorial perspective developed and reviewed by Binder, not a real outside contributor or an independent music critic.