I will never stop banging this drum -- publishers (honestly anyone distributing creative work rn), need to try something new! bring back the atrophied part of their marketing brains that involves something other than "post through it"

I remember when product placement consisted of a mention in the text.

You can now search for your books to know if they qualify for the Anthropic settlement. As I suspected, the book I published in 2015 counts, and the one from 2025 that was stolen before it had been published does not. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

“In light of this long history, it makes no sense to suggest that a tolerant right was forced by an intolerant left into adopting cancel culture. Book-banning groups like Moms for Liberty did not need liberals to teach them anything…” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Breaks my heart a little that the bestselling poet in the country right now is Matthew McConaughey.

I'm so excited to be moderating the Center For Fiction's First Novel Friday. Look at this lineup! Come celebrate three excellent debut novels with me on Friday night? centerforfiction.org/event/first-...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

We’ve been living through some rough shit, and I just want to remind you that your child/pet can have more than one Halloween costume if you need them to.

We are in, and have been in, a freedom to read crisis. The good news is that most Americans are against this. All of us need to fight back.

I'm so excited to be moderating the Center For Fiction's First Novel Friday. Look at this lineup! Come celebrate three excellent debut novels with me on Friday night? centerforfiction.org/event/first-...

I wrote about @ilanaslightly.bsky.social's stellar new novel and about reading widely, and I managed to call two different writers "friends of the newsletter" because I'm tired. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

It's the end of The Best American Poetry. I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse. defector.com/good-riddanc...

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

Some of the most important relationships in my life are the parasocial ones I have with dogs.

I wrote about @ilanaslightly.bsky.social's stellar new novel and about reading widely, and I managed to call two different writers "friends of the newsletter" because I'm tired. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

Hell Gate Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

“In light of this long history, it makes no sense to suggest that a tolerant right was forced by an intolerant left into adopting cancel culture. Book-banning groups like Moms for Liberty did not need liberals to teach them anything…” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

This is the culmination of a longstanding demonization campaign against a Jewish professor—advanced almost a year ago by AIPAC Congressman Ritchie Torres, who shared a graphic produced by his friends at the fascist Canary Mission harassment group:

Oof

Finally, an investigation into the scam that forced me to reckon with the term “inferno of visibility.” writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...

just gonna have to keep saying, in company of so many others: we are jewish faculty against the astroturf antisemitism persecution of jewish faculty by our own universities, by online hate groups, and by the regime www.thenation.com/article/soci...

But anyway don’t miss his upcoming 2026 thriller co-authored with James Patterson!!

I could listen to Mark Ruffalo say “water ice” all day

To the 300 Northwestern students refusing to watch US-Israeli propaganda: I applaud your integrity & critical analysis. I may not be able to teach & you may not be able to learn on campus. But we WILL teach & learn throughout the world to make a better future 👊🏾 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I made a free printable bookmark you can use for any banned books week (or before or after!) displays, books, etc., that gives people *action items* for defending the right to read. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Glad there’s no Riyadh literary festival but I can absolutely imagine who would go.

my mayor

The majority of banned authors are losing out on their livelihoods. It would be nice to see Stephen King advocate for them.

I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.

Tajia is always right. Literature is an art (sometimes) that is entirely dependent on data.

My husband is so brave!

Broader lessons should be learned from the centrist establishment's mistaken belief they could maintain popular support for Israel by allying themselves with the right and wagging their fingers at the left.

@maris.bsky.social with the real talk: "If you’re perpetually online, like I am, you might be used to sarcasm as a primary method of communication. But enthusiasm is key for literary citizenship. Give yourself permission to enjoy things. And remember that being earnest is best..."

65,000 Palestinian people are dead, but sure, go off.

Never been prouder to be a Lit Hub contributor

My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...

Cannot wait!!

My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...

Every day I grow more nostalgic for Twitter circa 2013.

“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.” @time.com time.com/7319963/bruc...

Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...

Goddammit I probably have to read and make fun of this one.

I've had a podcast looking at free speech issues from the left for 4 years now.

Also a good reminder that actually, book publishers do need to do fact checking

I will not link to it. I just want to reiterate that thousands of books have been banned by the right. And American Dirt sold millions of copies.

I would be delighted to live in a world where the work of victims of sexual assault who are not billionaires got this kind of media coverage. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...

For my newsletter I wrote about Tricia Lockwood's big beautiful brain as well as what's actually truly giving me hope right now. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

I do a full jump scare every time I express interest in an item of clothing targeted to me in Instagram ads and realize it is from Chicos.

This reminds me that the newsletter of Maris Kreizman is something that gives me hope these days. Loving books and seeing how many people take such care to make books. It’s beautiful. Especially as places to read critically/lovingly about books disappear, this newsletter is essential.

For my newsletter I wrote about Tricia Lockwood's big beautiful brain as well as what's actually truly giving me hope right now. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...