This week on The Maris Review, Maureen Ryan joins Maris Kreizman to discuss Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood, out now from Mariner Books. Maureen Ryan is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and has covered the entertainment industry as a critic and reporter for three decades. She has written for Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, Salon, GQ, Vulture, the Chicago Tribune, and more. Prior to joining Vanity Fair, Ryan served as the chief television critic f...
Jun 01, 2023•45 min
This week on The Maris Review, Rita Chang-Eppig joins Maris Kreizman to discuss Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea, out May 30 from Bloomsbury. Rita Chang-Eppig received her MFA from NYU. Her stories have appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Conjunctions, Clarkesworld, The Santa Monica Review, The Rumpus, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Best American Short Stories 2021 (selected by Jesmyn Ward), and elsewhere. She lives in California. Her debut novel is called Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea. ...
May 25, 2023•34 min
This week on The Maris Review, Samantha Irby joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new book, Quietly Hostile, out now from Vintage Books. Samantha Irby is a humorist and essayist and the author of three previous essay collections. Her latest is called Quietly Hostile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2023•34 min
This week on The Maris Review, Christina Sharpe joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new book, Ordinary Notes, out now from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Christina Sharpe is Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black Studies in the Humanities at York University in Toronto. She is the author of Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects, In the Wake: On Blackness and Being, and her new one is called Ordinary Notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2023•33 min
This week on The Maris Review, Jaime Green joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new book, The Possibility of Life, out now from Hanover Square Press. Jaime Green is a science writer, essayist, editor, and teacher, and she is series editor of The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia, and her writing has appeared in Slate, Popular Science, The New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and son. ...
May 04, 2023•36 min•Ep. 203
Claire Dederer joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her latest book, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, out now from Knopf. Claire Dederer is the author of Love and Trouble, and the New York Times best-selling memoir Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses. A book critic, essayist, and reporter, Dederer is a longtime contributor to The New York Times and has also written for The Atlantic, Vogue, Slate, The Nation, and New York magazine. She lives near Seattle with her family. Her latest book is called Monsters: A Fa...
Apr 27, 2023•37 min•Ep. 202
This week on The Maris Review, Victor Lavalle joins Maris Kreizman to discuss his latest novel, Lone Women, out now from One World. Victor LaValle is the author of seven works of fiction: four novels, two novellas, and a collection of short stories. His novels have been included in best-of-the-year lists by The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, and Publishers Weekly, among others. He lives in the Bronx with his wife and kids and teac...
Apr 20, 2023•30 min•Ep. 201
Alex Mar joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new book, Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy, out now from Penguin Press. Alex Mar is the author of Witches of America, which was a New York Times Notable Book and Editors' Pick. She has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Feature Writing, and she is the director of the feature-length documentary American Mystic. She lives in the Hudson Valley and New York City. Her latest book is called Seventy Times Seven. Learn mor...
Apr 13, 2023•33 min•Ep. 200
Nicole Chung joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new book, A Living Remedy, out now from Ecco Press. Nicole Chung is the author of the national bestseller All You Can Ever Know, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a semifinalist for the PEN Open Book Award, and an Indies Choice Honor Book. She is currently a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, GQ, Time, The Guardian, Slate, and Vulture...
Apr 06, 2023•36 min•Ep. 199
This week on The Maris Review, Idra Novey joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new novel, Take What You Need, out now from Viking. Idra Novey is the award-winning author of the novels Ways to Disappear and Those Who Knew. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages and she's written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. She teaches fiction at Princeton University and in the MFA Program at New York University. Her latest novel is called Take What You Need. Learn ...
Mar 30, 2023•29 min•Ep. 198
Catherine Lacey joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new novel, Biography of X, out now from FSG. Catherine Lacey is the author of the novels Nobody Is Ever Missing, The Answers, and Pew, and of the short-story collection Certain American States. Born in Mississippi, she is based in Chicago, Illinois. Her latest novel is called Biography of X. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2023•31 min•Ep. 197
Jenny Jackson joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her debut novel, Pineapple Street, out now from Pamela Dorman Books. Jenny Jackson is a vice president and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, she lives in Brooklyn Heights with her family. Pineapple Street is her first novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2023•32 min•Ep. 196
Jennifer Wright joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her latest book, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist, out now from Hachette. Jennifer Wright is the author of several pop history books, including It Ended Badly and Get Well Soon (winner of Audible's "Best History Book of 2017"). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband—fellow writer Daniel Kibblesmith—and their daughter. Her latest book is called Madame Restell: Th...
Mar 09, 2023•41 min•Ep. 195
Michael Schulman joins Maris Kreizman to discuss his new book, Oscar Wars, out now from Harper. Michael Schulman is a writer living in New York City. His first book, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, about the actress’s artistic coming-of-age in the 1970s, was a New York Times bestseller. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His new book is called Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 02, 2023•30 min•Ep. 194
Rebecca Makkai joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new novel, I Have Some Questions for You, out now from Viking. Rebecca Makkai’s last novel, The Great Believers, was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Her other books are the novels The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, and the collection Music for Wartime. A 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, Rebecca is on the MFA faculties of the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe and Northwestern University, and is Artistic Dir...
Feb 23, 2023•32 min•Ep. 193
Malcolm Harris joins Maris Kreizman to discuss his new book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, out now from Little Brown and Co. Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and the author of Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials and Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit: History Since the End of History. He was born in Santa Cruz, CA and graduated from the University of Maryland. His new book is called Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. Learn more ...
Feb 16, 2023•31 min•Ep. 192
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new novel, A Spell of Good Things, out now from Knopf. AYỌ̀BÁMI ADÉBÁYỌ̀ was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Her debut novel, Stay with Me, has been translated into twenty languages. Longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award, Stay with Me was a New York Times, Guardian, Chicago Tribune, and NPR Best Book of the Year. Her new novel is called A Spell of Good Things. Learn more about your ad choices....
Feb 09, 2023•29 min•Ep. 191
This week on The Maris Review, Sabrina Imbler joins Maris Kreizman to discuss their new essay collection, How Far the Light Reaches, out now from Little Brown. Sabrina Imbler is a writer and science journalist living in Brooklyn. Their first chapbook, Dyke (geology), was published by Black Lawrence Press. Their essays and reporting have appeared in various publications, including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Catapult, and Sierra, among others. Their debut essay collection is called How Far ...
Feb 02, 2023•31 min•Ep. 190
Aubrey Gordon joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new book, “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People, out now from Beacon Press. Aubrey Gordon writes under the pseudonym of "Your Fat Friend," illuminating the experiences of fat people and urging greater compassion for people of all sizes. Her work has reached millions of readers and has been translated into nineteen languages. She is co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and a columnist with SELF magazine. She lives...
Jan 26, 2023•30 min•Ep. 189
This week on The Maris Review, Monica Heisey joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her debut novel, Really Good, Actually, out now from William Morrow. Monica Heisey is a comedian and writer from Toronto. She has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Elle, The Guardian, Glamour, New York magazine, and VICE, among others. She has written for television shows like Schitt’s Creek, Workin’ Moms, Baroness von Sketch Show, and more. She currently lives in London. Really Good, Actually...
Jan 19, 2023•31 min•Ep. 188
Dan Kois is a writer, editor, and podcaster at Slate, where his work has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards and a Writers Guild Award. He's the author of How to Be a Family, a memoir of parenting around the world; The World Only Spins Forward (with Isaac Butler), an oral history of Tony Kushner's Angels in America; and Facing Future, a book of music criticism and biography. He lives with his family in Arlington, Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
Jan 12, 2023•32 min•Ep. 186
Kashana Cauley is a former Midtown antitrust lawyer and Brooklyn resident. She is a writer for the Fox comedy The Great North, a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, and a GQ contributor. She's written for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Pod Save America on HBO as well as The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone, and has published fiction in Esquire, Slate, Tin House, and The Chronicles of Now. She now lives in Los Angeles. Her first novel is called The Survi...
Jan 05, 2023•35 min•Ep. 186
This conversation was live from the Miami Book Fair. See more programming from this year's festival at MiamiBookFair.com. Rivka Galchen is the recipient of a William Saroyan International Prize for Fiction and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, among other distinctions. She writes regularly for The New Yorker, whose editors selected her for their list of 20 Under 40 American fiction writers in 2010. Her debut novel Atmospheric Disturbances (2008) and her story collection American Innovation...
Dec 22, 2022•34 min
This week on The Maris Review, Evette Dionne joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her debut book, Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul, out now from Ecco Press. Evette Dionne is a journalist, an editor, and a pop-culture critic. She is the National Book Award-nominated author of Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, a middle- grade nonfiction book about Black women suffragists. A graduate of Bennett College, Dionne is based in Denver, where she works as the ...
Dec 08, 2022•35 min•Ep. 184
Heather Radke is an essayist, journalist, and contributing editor and reporter at Radiolab, the Peabody Award-winning program from WNYC. She has written for publications including The Believer, Longreads, and The Paris Review, and she teaches at Columbia University's creative writing MFA Program. Before becoming a writer, Heather worked as a curator at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago. Book recommendations: The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter Easy Beauty by Chloe Coope...
Dec 01, 2022•35 min
Jeanna Kadlec is a writer, astrologer, former lingerie boutique owner, and recovering academic. Her writing has appeared in ELLE, NYLON, O the Oprah Magazine, Allure, Catapult, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, and more. A born and bred Midwesterner, she now lives in Brooklyn. Heretic is her first book. Recommended Reading: Home Bound by Vanessa Bee • Virology by Joseph Osmundson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2022•37 min•Ep. 182
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. She has also written for GQ, ESPN the Magazine, and many other publications. Fleishman Is in Trouble is her first novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2022•38 min•Ep. 181
Nick Drnaso was born in 1989 in Palos Hills, Illinois. His debut, Beverly, received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel. His followup, the graphic novel Sabrina, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2018 and received nominations for the Booker Prize, the Eisner Award, the LD and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. Sabrina has been published in fifteen countries. Drnaso lives in Chica...
Nov 03, 2022•33 min•Ep. 180
This week on The Maris Review, Lydia Millet joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her new novel, Dinosaurs, out now from W.W. Norton. __________________________________ Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top 10 book of 2020, among other works of fiction. Her story collection Love in Infant Monkeys was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She lives in Tucson, Arizona. Her latest novel is called Dinosaurs. Recommended Reading: Wild New Wor...
Oct 27, 2022•36 min•Ep. 179
George Saunders is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven books, including A Swim in a Pond in the Rain; Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize; Congratulations, by the Way; Tenth of December, and The Braindead Megaphone. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University. His newest story collection is called Liberation Day. Recommended Reading: The Storm Is Here by Luke Mogelson The Book of Night Women by Marlon James Insurrections by Rion Amilcar Scott Whi...
Oct 20, 2022•32 min•Ep. 178
