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Goodbye to All That, Twitter Edition

Goodbye to All That, Twitter Edition

Maris Kreizman Encourages You to Head Over to Bluesky to Make Fun of This Piece

By Maris Kreizman | December 12, 2024

Billionaires Are Bad: Revisiting <em>50 Shades of Grey</em> in the Age of Mega-Rich Creepers

Billionaires Are Bad: Revisiting 50 Shades of Grey in the Age of Mega-Rich Creepers

Maris Kreizman Takes a Closer Look at the Misplaced Adoration of Christian Grey

By Maris Kreizman | November 21, 2024

The Book News is Generally... Good?

The Book News is Generally... Good?

Maris Kreizman Finds Some Silver Linings

By Maris Kreizman | November 7, 2024

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Big Lies Need Even Bigger Fact Checking

Maris Kreizman on What We Really Need to Do to Combat All the Political Lying

By Maris Kreizman | October 24, 2024

We Can’t Rely on Drug Companies to Keep Insulin Prices Low

We Can’t Rely on Drug Companies to Keep Insulin Prices Low

Maris Kreizman on Living at the Whim of Corporate Pharmaceuticals

By Maris Kreizman | October 18, 2024

Which One of You Sent Me <em>Lonesome Dove</em> in the Mail? Or: Tackling the Great American Western

Which One of You Sent Me Lonesome Dove in the Mail? Or: Tackling the Great American Western

In Which Maris Kreizman Reads Larry McMurtry’s Classic

By Maris Kreizman | October 10, 2024

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On the Anxiety of Finally Publishing a Book After Years of Covering Them

By Maris Kreizman | September 26, 2024

Posting Truth to Power: In Praise of a Publishing Gossip Site

By Maris Kreizman | September 12, 2024

Author Profiles Are No Replacement for Book Criticism But I Love Them Anyway

By Maris Kreizman | August 29, 2024

Despite the Chaos of the Presidential Election, There Will Be More Than Enough Books This Fall

Despite the Chaos of the Presidential Election, There Will Be More Than Enough Books This Fall

Maris Kreizman on this Fall’s Incredible Crop of Fiction

By Maris Kreizman | August 15, 2024

On the Making of That <em>New York Times</em> Best Books of the Century List

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If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

If You’re Going to Platform Extremists You Should At Least Check Their Facts

Maris Kreizman on Publishing’s Nonfiction Problem

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2024

Do Authors Really Need to Spend Their Own Money to Make a Book Successful?

Do Authors Really Need to Spend Their Own Money to Make a Book Successful?

Maris Kreizman on Independent Publicists, Books Tours, and Vanishing Book Coverage

By Maris Kreizman | June 20, 2024

It’s Time We Added Full Credit Pages to Books

It’s Time We Added Full Credit Pages to Books

Maris Kreizman on the Importance of Acknowledging the Labor That Goes in a Single Title

By Maris Kreizman | June 6, 2024

“It’s <em>Out of Africa</em> Meets <em>Pretty Woman</em>!” On the Problem With Comp Titles

“It’s Out of Africa Meets Pretty Woman!” On the Problem With Comp Titles

Maris Kreizman Wishes There Was Another Way

By Maris Kreizman | May 23, 2024

What’s Wrong With PEN America, and Why We Need It To Survive

What’s Wrong With PEN America, and Why We Need It To Survive

For Maris Kreizman, Dissent is Not Censorship

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