Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down https://www.themarisreview.com/ https://www.mariskreizman.com/https://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mm5kojgs4c2cI promise you none of the people who manage your local bookstores would say the same. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/ceo-interviews/barnes-noble-ceo-ai-written-books-rcna34570218 May 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5kojgs4c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mm2pod277s2yI have too many options to even look at books my neighbors are giving away. But then just once you find one out of maybe three books youre actually looking for.17 May 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2pod277s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlvczlnars2fFurious that the LA Times has yet to run an op-ed by Lauren Conrad with the headline “He’s a Sucky Person.”15 May 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvczlnars2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlt6livo4s2mDisappointing but not surprising https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100402-hbg-pushes-back-on-employee-union-effort.html14 May 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt6livo4s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlssgkredc2sI wrote about a phenomenon in literary adaptations that I refer to as hot-washing. https://lithub.com/hollywood-needs-to-stop-hot-washing-literary-adaptations/14 May 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlssgkredc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlssgkredc2sI wrote about a phenomenon in literary adaptations that I refer to as hot-washing. https://lithub.com/hollywood-needs-to-stop-hot-washing-literary-adaptations/14 May 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlssgkredc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlramnzps22cI haven't read a novel as cynical as Yesteryear in a long time.13 May 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlramnzps22chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlqceekvjs2cIn Mamdani's New York the libraries are fully funded. https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-mamdani-restores-library-funding-after-public-outcry13 May 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqceekvjs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlnxpdb4o22cFor my newsletter I wrote about excellent new books by @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social and @veronicarothbooks.com, and I also wrote about how and why newsletters are not the answer to diminishing book coverage. https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-104/12 May 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnxpdb4o22chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlo5atezy22cHell yeah! https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/100381-ala-workers-make-progress-toward-labor-union.html12 May 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo5atezy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlnxpdb4o22cFor my newsletter I wrote about excellent new books by @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social and @veronicarothbooks.com, and I also wrote about how and why newsletters are not the answer to diminishing book coverage. https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-104/12 May 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnxpdb4o22chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3mlclqenwqs2fWhy didn’t anyone warn me that Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has zero haunting? What is Wuthering Heights without the haunting?08 May 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlclqenwqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml75aavcws27If I get one more pitch for a book about the male loneliness epidemic I swear to God…06 May 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml75aavcws27https://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml4sdps2cs2qReally just thinking of my friends in the @nymagunion.bsky.social and @voxmediaunion.bsky.social who are doing such great work and hope they can keep on going. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/business/media/james-murdoch-vox-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.C0t3.brarIy-Bycku&smid=nytcore-ios-share05 May 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4sdps2cs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml4mtlow2k22Would love to see RFK Jr have to deal with the healthcare system for decades while managing diabetes before he tells me that antidepressants aren’t necessary.05 May 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mtlow2k22https://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml4cbm6j3s2cIt's another huge release day, but I'm glad I took the time to rave about Xochitl Gonzalez. https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-103/05 May 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4cbm6j3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml4cbm6j3s2cIt's another huge release day, but I'm glad I took the time to rave about Xochitl Gonzalez. https://www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-review-vol-103/05 May 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4cbm6j3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml45cep3ns2cI'm so mad that there is nothing but class rage when I read Met Gala recaps. I used to enjoy this!05 May 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml45cep3ns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml2ug5yki22iNow would be an excellent time to pre-order Chris Smalls’s forthcoming book. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724036/when-the-revolution-comes-by-chris-smalls/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2ug5yki22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maris.bsky.social/post/3ml2f3e4suc2cI miss old Twitter when the Pulitzer account would just tweet all of the winners as they came in and we didn't have to watch anything.04 May 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:dna3c6dbiajizvm2aionxled/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2f3e4suc2c