The Maris Review, vol 15
I’m gonna call it. Summer of 2024 is officially the Summer of the Chaotic Heroine. Or maybe it really is just Brat Summer?
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The Maris Review, vol 97
This week's theme is homecomings What I read this week The Fountain by Casey Scieszka For transparency: Casey is a member of my writing group. That said, she joined when this novel was pretty much in the bag so there is not much reflected glory that I can
The Maris Review, vol 96
This week's theme is multiple POVs. The other theme is air travel in America and how canceled flights and persnickety wifi can really throw off a newsletter writer (sorry this is a day late!). What I read this week Whidbey by T Kira Madden An explosive revenge novel
The Maris Review, vol 95
The theme of the week is schadenfreude What I read this week Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg Why aren't more people screaming about this book? What an accomplishment for Jordy Rosenberg to change the entire tenor and tone of his work after his excellent debut, Confessions of
The Maris Review, vol 94
The theme of the week is poetry in unexpected places. What I read this week The Copywriter by Daniel Poppick Not since Hannah Horvath worked in advertorial at GQ has a true artiste's creative energy been so stifled by a day job. Daniel Poppick's debut novel