The Maris Review, vol 23
"What we demand of authors who cross racial or cultural lines is that they do so with the adequate amount of skill and respect." Yep, Jeanine Cummins has a new novel.
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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
The Maris Review, vol 93
The theme of this week is reappearances What I read this week This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin As precise and epic in scope as the most celebrated Russian novels, This Is Where the Serpent Lives is a modern history of Pakistan whose characters will likely haunt