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 103
This week's theme is the excesses of girlhood What I read this week Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez It's been a long time since a novel has captured a particular time and a place with such love and precision of feeling, if not fact.
The Maris Review, vol 102
The theme this week is sequels you can enjoy even if you haven't read the previous novel. What I read this week A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper My friend Sarah Weinman gave Jordan Harper's new novel a rave in the New York Times, calling A
The Maris Review, vol 101
This week's theme is college in the late 1990s was wild. I can attest. What I read this week Transcription by Ben Lerner I'm a Ben Lerner completist. I am always intrigued by his work, as long as I can block out the sounds of his
The Maris Review, vol 100
The theme of the week is hurt people hurt people. What I read this week Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund by Molly Crabapple I never thought that in my adult life I would spend so much time thinking about what it means