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Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the <em>Heated Rivalry</em> Phenomenon

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the Heated Rivalry Phenomenon

Maris Kreizman on the Lessons From This Year’s Breakout Success Story

By Maris Kreizman | January 22, 2026

Here Are Your Guides Through the Opaque World of Book Publishing

Here Are Your Guides Through the Opaque World of Book Publishing

Maris Kreizman Recommends New Books by Kate McKean and Alia Hannah Habib

By Maris Kreizman | January 8, 2026

What It Was Like to Publish a Book in This Crazy Year, 2025

What It Was Like to Publish a Book in This Crazy Year, 2025

Maris Kreizman Looks Back at the Year That Was

By Maris Kreizman | December 11, 2025

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival

“Books are not fact-checked. Books are the perfect medium for grifters.”

By Maris Kreizman | November 20, 2025

When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future

When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future

Maris Kreizman on the Dangers of the AI Content Churn

By Maris Kreizman | November 6, 2025

Don’t Let the Publishing Industry Get You Down (It Happens to the Best of Us)

Don’t Let the Publishing Industry Get You Down (It Happens to the Best of Us)

Hey, Do You Need a Pep Talk? Listen to Maris

By Maris Kreizman | October 23, 2025

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Something to Celebrate: In Praise of Awards Season

By Maris Kreizman | September 11, 2025

Books Aren’t Magic Empathy Pills (But They Help)

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Maris Kreizman on the Importance of Standing Up For Literature

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A Series of Unfortunate Salaries: <br>Maris Kreizman on Fighting the Publishing Industry’s Elitism

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The Author of “I Want to Burn This Place Down” Unionizes Against the Big Five’s Unlivable Wages

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In Which Maris Kreizman Attempts to Take Her Own Advice

By Maris Kreizman | June 20, 2025

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

Maris Kreizman Will Never, Ever Catch Up on Her Reading

By Maris Kreizman | June 5, 2025

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By Maris Kreizman | May 22, 2025

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump

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