Maris Kreizman
@maris.bsky.social
Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
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I keep losing subscribers but I will not stop (for now) writing my damn newsletter! This week's offerings includes a very minor blind item, love for Jennifer Percy and Erin Somers, and a great list of Nuzzi-less newly published titles. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 82
Forgive me for skipping last week's newsletter! I've been reading submissions for for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and I didn't want to use this space to write about what I read. That will be u...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I keep losing subscribers but I will not stop (for now) writing my damn newsletter! This week's offerings includes a very minor blind item, love for Jennifer Percy and Erin Somers, and a great list of Nuzzi-less newly published titles. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
Glad to see RF Kuang dropped out.
So this upcoming lit fest in the UAE is sort of like the book world’s only slightly less problematic version of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, yes?
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Glad to see RF Kuang dropped out.
I keep losing subscribers but I will not stop (for now) writing my damn newsletter! This week's offerings includes a very minor blind item, love for Jennifer Percy and Erin Somers, and a great list of Nuzzi-less newly published titles. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 82
Forgive me for skipping last week's newsletter! I've been reading submissions for for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, and I didn't want to use this space to write about what I read. That will be u...
www.themarisreview.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I keep losing subscribers but I will not stop (for now) writing my damn newsletter! This week's offerings includes a very minor blind item, love for Jennifer Percy and Erin Somers, and a great list of Nuzzi-less newly published titles. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
Very fitting that, from what I've read about both books, what Nuzzi and Hines have in common (aside from the one thing) is that they've published books with many words without saying anything.
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Very fitting that, from what I've read about both books, what Nuzzi and Hines have in common (aside from the one thing) is that they've published books with many words without saying anything.
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Dealer's choice but here are a few of my favorites, all of which have terrific staff picks available to browse online: @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, @ebbooksellers.bsky.social, @portersqbooks.bsky.social, @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dealer's choice but here are a few of my favorites, all of which have terrific staff picks available to browse online: @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, @ebbooksellers.bsky.social, @portersqbooks.bsky.social, @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social.
My husband is going on tour for two weeks, so I’m treating myself to Brit Box. What are my must watches?
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My husband is going on tour for two weeks, so I’m treating myself to Brit Box. What are my must watches?
Looking through my texts and it seems that my most robust relationships are with brands. I should probably wish all of my friends a happy cyber Monday.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Looking through my texts and it seems that my most robust relationships are with brands. I should probably wish all of my friends a happy cyber Monday.
So this upcoming lit fest in the UAE is sort of like the book world’s only slightly less problematic version of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, yes?
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
So this upcoming lit fest in the UAE is sort of like the book world’s only slightly less problematic version of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, yes?
I watched After the Hunt and Sorry Baby right in a row, and for two movies that roughly deal with the same thing, they seem to be set on two different planets.
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I watched After the Hunt and Sorry Baby right in a row, and for two movies that roughly deal with the same thing, they seem to be set on two different planets.
I’m so grateful to all the people I’ve been seeing in videos from around the country putting their bodies on the line to prevent the disappearing of their neighbors.
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I’m so grateful to all the people I’ve been seeing in videos from around the country putting their bodies on the line to prevent the disappearing of their neighbors.
I am so ready for Me Too, Chapter Two
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
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Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I am so ready for Me Too, Chapter Two
I always look for the books angle but hos is this so on the nose? zeteo.com/p/epstein-ki...
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein Bought Books About Pedophilia, Woody Allen, and Trump
The disgraced financier’s Kindle library reveals his interests in Lolita, how the elite avoid accountability, and Trump’s many scandals.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I always look for the books angle but hos is this so on the nose? zeteo.com/p/epstein-ki...
I’ll give you a personalized book recommendation if you promise you won’t procure the book from a billionaire…
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’ll give you a personalized book recommendation if you promise you won’t procure the book from a billionaire…
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
Introduce yourself with five concerts youve seen —
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts youve seen —
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Whitney Houston
Weird Al and the Monkees
Club MTV tour feat. Bel Biv Devoe & C&C Music Factory
Fiona Apple
The Mountain Goats
Nothing says happy Thanksgiving like seeing Shaggy sing “It Wasn’t Me” from atop a huge turkey.
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nothing says happy Thanksgiving like seeing Shaggy sing “It Wasn’t Me” from atop a huge turkey.
If you’re “alarmed” that the mayor elect says you shouldn’t violate international law, maybe the problem is you. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you’re “alarmed” that the mayor elect says you shouldn’t violate international law, maybe the problem is you. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
At least this AI scammer admits that they only engaged with the description of my book? I appreciate the honesty.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
At least this AI scammer admits that they only engaged with the description of my book? I appreciate the honesty.
Seeing I Want to Burn This Place Down on this list is a big honor. Thanks, @electricliterature.com! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
Electric Lit’s Best Nonfiction of 2025 - Electric Literature
Books by Edgar Gomez, Maris Kreizman, and Zefyr Lisowski are among the year's most celebrated nonfiction
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November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seeing I Want to Burn This Place Down on this list is a big honor. Thanks, @electricliterature.com! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
"As long as policymakers continue to flood money into AI, small press publishers will only grow in importance. The quality of the books they produce, driven by that creative, alternative thinking & integrative design focus is only set to become more in demand." www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"As long as policymakers continue to flood money into AI, small press publishers will only grow in importance. The quality of the books they produce, driven by that creative, alternative thinking & integrative design focus is only set to become more in demand." www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Reposting my 2018 piece about year end lists for anyone who needs it (me!). www.damemagazine.com/2018/12/19/i...
It’s Time to Reconsider the Best-Of List - Dame Magazine
The piles of books and galleys that clutter my apartment are overwhelming. This is not a humble brag—more of a cry for help. I’m a culture writer and critic who is deeply entrenched in the book world....
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November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposting my 2018 piece about year end lists for anyone who needs it (me!). www.damemagazine.com/2018/12/19/i...
“This is a self-moderated panel and we’re not scared.”
—Karen Russell, with Katie Kitamura and Tricia Lockwood
—Karen Russell, with Katie Kitamura and Tricia Lockwood
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“This is a self-moderated panel and we’re not scared.”
—Karen Russell, with Katie Kitamura and Tricia Lockwood
—Karen Russell, with Katie Kitamura and Tricia Lockwood
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Trump was nicer to Zohran than Chuck Schumer.
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump was nicer to Zohran than Chuck Schumer.
Off to the Miami Book Fair, hoping that my hotel for the weekend isn’t hosting an anti-vax conference!!
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Off to the Miami Book Fair, hoping that my hotel for the weekend isn’t hosting an anti-vax conference!!