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 99
This week's theme is errant children What I read this week London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe When you think of "narrative nonfiction," Patrick Radden Keefe is likely the writer whose
The Maris Review, vol 98
The theme of this week is primogeniture. What I read this week The Keeper by Tana French Tana French is a stop-everything-and-read author for me, and so I was lucky when the audiobook version of The Keeper was uploaded to the PRH audio app last week just when I was
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