The Maris Review, vol 26
"Books that craft Jewish characters to embody the endurance of the human spirit in all its nobility are, in fact, denying these characters’ humanity." --Ilana Masad on Holocaust Beach Reads
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The Maris Review, vol 121
The theme of the week is reasons to become a misandrist, and also English pubs What I read this week The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley I have not read Gwendoline Riley before but now I'm in it. Her latest novel, long-listed for the Booker Prize, really
The Maris Review, vol 120
The theme of the week is intergenerational trauma, unreliable narrators, and the malleability of memory What I read this week Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley "History was chaos, top to bottom, front to back, and a human life was no different. Any attempt to decipher a lucid course would
The Maris Review, vol 119
The theme of the week is who has a soul and who is a mere husk of a person (the answer might surprise you) What I read this week The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Durán In the 80s and 90s pop culture
The Maris Review, vol 118
The theme of this week is going out on your own and discovering some harsh truths What I read this week Unprecedented Times by Malavika Kannan I first met Malavika through my friends Kristen and Kayla, who live in Orlando and know every writer who was ever in the nearby