The Maris Review, vol 10
How do we make executives be good at their jobs again? How do we make them care about the books, TV shows, music, whatever, that they're in charge of putting out?
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The Maris Review, vol 76
What I read this week The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus There are so many things I want to say about this book. But let's start with this: The Four Spent the Day Together is an excellent book about how journalism cannot be objective. I
The Maris Review, vol 75
What I read this week Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa It's been more than a decade since the New York Times ran this piece about the plight of nail salon workers, but I think of it every time I pass a nail salon (very, very often in
The Maris Review, vol 74
What I read this week Beings by Ilana Masad I was just the right age in 1987, when Whitley Streiber's Communion was published, to spend sleepless nights worrying if the space alien depicted on the cover was going to come take me from my bed. As a kid
The Maris Review, vol 73
"'It's like Joyce Carol Oates is trying to start a feud with me,' I say. 'Does everyone have this feeling?'" – Patricia Lockwood What I read this week Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood "... if to write about being