The Maris Review, vol 36
Happy new year. Who can say what 2025 has in store for us, but I know for sure there will be good books. Allow me to shout about my friends for a bit?
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The Maris Review, vol 77
I'm feeling a little under the weather today, a flu-like thing that isn't the flu. And still I was like, you MUST get your newsletter out, even if it's a little shorter than usual. And then I thought, I'll thank all of
The Maris Review, vol 76
What I read this week The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus There are so many things I want to say about this book. But let's start with this: The Four Spent the Day Together is an excellent book about how journalism cannot be objective. I
The Maris Review, vol 75
What I read this week Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa It's been more than a decade since the New York Times ran this piece about the plight of nail salon workers, but I think of it every time I pass a nail salon (very, very often in
The Maris Review, vol 74
What I read this week Beings by Ilana Masad I was just the right age in 1987, when Whitley Streiber's Communion was published, to spend sleepless nights worrying if the space alien depicted on the cover was going to come take me from my bed. As a kid