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 89
The theme this week is creepy old men. What I read this week Discipline by Larissa Pham Here's how I described this book to a friend: what if Rachel Cusk's Outline trilogy was a bit more American and contained a little bit of murder? It'
The Maris Review, vol 88
The theme this week is cabins in the woods. What I read this week Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novack You have to understand that the early readers edition of this debut novel had a black cover with white writing that said SOMEBODY HAD TO DO IT. "It" is
The Maris Review, vol 87
The theme of this week is consumption. And corgis. What I read this week The Hitch by Sara Levine This might be the only book I'll ever read in which I know a dog death is coming but I soldier on anyway. For those who are concerned, the
The Maris Review, vol 86
What I read this week Possession by A.S. Byatt I first tried to read A.S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel about all kinds of intrigue in academia when I was in high school. What a bad idea. So much of the book is about the tedium of