The Maris Review

Rachel Vorona Cote publishes frequently in such outlets as the New Republic, Longreads, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Literary Hub. She was previously a contributing writer at Jezebel. Rachel was ABD in a doctoral program in English at the University of Maryland, studying and teaching the literature of the Victorian period. Her debut collection is called Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still B...

Alexis Coe is the author of Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis (soon to be a major motion picture). Coe has frequently appeared on CNN and the History Channel, and has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. Her latest book is a biography of George Washington called You Never Forget Your First. Recommended Reading: The Field of Blood by Joanne Freema...

Ada Calhoun is the author of the memoir Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give, named an Amazon Book of the Month and one of the top ten memoirs of 2017 by W magazine; and the history St. Marks Is Dead, one of the best books of 2015, according to Kirkus and the Boston Globe. She has collaborated on several New York Times bestsellers, and written for the New York Times, New York, and The New Republic. Lear...

R. Eric Thomas is a senior staff writer at Elle online where he has written the daily pop culture and politics humor column “Eric Reads the News” since 2016. As a playwright, his work has been staged around the country. Off the page, he’s the long-running host of The Moth StorySlams in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. He lives in Baltimore with his husband, the Reverend David Norse Thomas. Here...

Miranda Popkey has written for The New Republic, The New Yorker's Page-Turner blog, the Paris Review Daily, The Hairpin, The Awl, GQ, and New York magazine's The Cut. Her debut novel is called Topics of Conversation. Recommended Reading Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi Sula by Toni Morrisson  Look by Zan Romanoff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kali Fajardo-Anstine is from Denver, Colorado. Her fiction has appeared in The American Scholar, Boston Review, Bellevue Literary Review, The Idaho Review, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from the University of Wyoming and has lived across the country, from San Diego to Key West. Her debut story collection is Sabrina and Corina, which was nominated for a National Book Award for fiction. Learn...

Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs To You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year and was long-listed for the National Book Award. His latest novel is called Cleanness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steph Cha is the author of the Juniper Song crime trilogy. She’s an editor and critic whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two basset hounds. Her latest book is Your House Will Pay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leslie Jamison is the author of the NYT bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams, and the novel The Gin Closet. She’s a contributing writer for the NYT Magazine. She directs the graduate nonfiction program at Columbia. Her latest essay collection is Make It Scream, Make It Burn. Recommended Reading: AUG 9 - FOG by Kathryn Scanlon Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar Learn more about your a...

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. She is most recently the author of The Library Book, which is now out in paperback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

E. Jean Carroll writes the ASK E. JEAN column in ELLE magazine. It is the longest, currently-running advice column in American publishing. Her new book is called WHAT DO WE NEED MEN FOR?  This episode was recorded at the 2019 Miami Book Fair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. Her third novel, A Person of Interest, was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award. Her fourth novel, My Education, received a 2014 Lammy Award. Her fifth novel, Trust Exercise won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2...

Lane Moore is an award-winning comedian, writer, actor, and musician. The New York Times called her comedy show Tinder Live “ingenious.” Her comedy and her band, It Was Romance, have been praised from Pitchfork to Vogue, and her writing has appeared from The New Yorker to The Onion. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog-child, Lights. Her memoir is called How To Be Alone. Recommended Reads: Kicking a...

Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays, and poetry. The author of highly praised novels, including Hot Milk and Swimming Home (both Man Booker Prize finalists), The Unloved, and Billy and Girl, the story collection Black Vodka, and two parts of her working autobiography, Things I Don't Want to Know and The Cost of Living, she lives in London. The Man Who Saw Everything is her latest novel, also a Book...

Kevin Wilson is the author of the New York Times best-selling novel The Family Fang (Ecco, 2012), Perfect Little World (Ecco, 2017), and Nothing to See Here (Ecco, 2019). His fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Tin House, One Story, A Public Space, and elsewhere. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife, the poet Leigh Anne Couch, and his sons, Griff and Patch. He is an Associate Professor...

Cathleen Schine is the author of The New Yorkers and The Love Letter, among other novels. She has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review. Her latest novel is The Grammarians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lili Anolik is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Her work has also appeared in Harper’s, Esquire, and The Believer. She is the author of Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of LA, and lives in New York City with her husband and two small sons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jami Attenberg is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including The Middlesteins and Saint Mazie. She has contributed essays about sex, urban life, and food to The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, & LongReads, among other publications. She lives in New Orleans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, That Is All, and Vacationland. He is the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman podcast and also contributes a weekly column under the same name for The New York Times Magazine. His latest book is Medallion Status. Recommended Reading: Needful Things by Stephen King Cujo...

Shea Serrano's most recent book, Basketball (And Other Things), was a #1 New York Times bestseller and selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite reads of the year. His previous book, The Rap Year Book, is being turned into a documentary that will air on AMC in 2019. Currently, he’s a staff writer for The Ringer. His new book is called Movies (And Other Things). Recommended ReadsNic...

Born in Lubbock, Texas, Kimberly King Parsons received her MFA from Columbia University. Her fiction has been published in The Paris Review, Best Small Fictions 2017, Black Warrior Review, and The Kenyon Review, among others. Black Light is her debut story collection. Recommended Reads:Large Animals by Jess ArndtGod Shot by Chelsea BiekerThe Collected Short Stories of Amy Hempel Learn more about y...

Shelly Oria is the author of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014), which earned nominations for a Lambda Literary Award and the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, among other honors. She coauthored a digital novella, CLEAN, commissioned by WeTransfer and McSweeney’s, which received two Lovie Awards from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Oria's fiction h...

Josh Gondelman is a comedian and writer who has earned two Peabody Awards, three Emmys, and two WGA Awards for his work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He is currently a writer/producer for Desus & Mero. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, and the New Yorker. Nice Try is his debut essay collection. He lives in New York City with his wife and pug. Recommen...

Sarah Weinman is the author of The Real Lolita. She’s the editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin). She has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, the Guardian, and Buzzfeed, among other outlets. Recommended Books in This Episode: White Flights by Jess Row White Fragility by Robin DiAngel...

Kristen Arnett is a queer fiction and essay writer. She won the 2017 Coil Book Award for her debut short fiction collection, Felt in the Jaw, and was awarded Ninth Letter's 2015 Literary Award in Fiction. She is a columnist for Literary Hub, and her work has either appeared or is upcoming in numerous literary publications. Mostly Dead Things is her first novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...