Maris Kreizman

Patterson was characteristically blunt about the appeal of working with Davis. “One, she’s Black—that was very helpful,” he said. “Two, she had an abortion”—something she’d written about in her memoir. “Three, as an actor, and a really good actor, she really has a sense of good dialogue versus bad.” The dialogue he’d given the 13-year-old girl had felt inauthentic to her, for example, so she’d changed much of it. “A lot of the dialogue in here is Viola’s,” he said. He later added that Davis is “honest, intense, a very good writer.”

and then there's this

lol, incredible

Along Came an Influencer: How America’s Bestselling Writer Became MrBeast’s Co-Author After decades atop the thriller game, James Patterson is fending off waning sales by doubling down on collaborations—and dabbling in romantasy too.

Love this piece by @vauhinivara.bsky.social. Every time I think some derogatory thought about Patterson, I have to remind myself that he is one of the few super rich authors actually giving back to the literary community in meaningful ways. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Are we falling out of love with nonfiction? In the early 2020s, readers flocked to books to explain political turbulence. But is the world now too grim to read about – and are podcasters taking the place of authors?

my view on this is that publishers should stop it with the 80k wordcount obsession, so many contemporary non-fic books are obviously 40-50k pieces of work stretched to the extent that they become very boring to read - just let people write cheaper, shorter books! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

Poetry?

It's a little bit poetic

I know a bunch are trying to make that happen!

Amazon says drones hit 3 of its Middle East data centers amid Iran conflict Drones struck two facilities in the United Arab Emirates directly, and damaged a data center in Bahrain, Amazon said.

Boop www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-...

Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

“Blocking access to books does not change our history nor…who we are. It simply prevents readers from understanding the complexity and beauty of the world we live in.”

@maris.bsky.social on why we must stop bill HR 7661, which would ban books on sex & gender from public schools/libraries nationally

more like Tim Treebo

Suffice to say, it is currently number 47 on Amazon.

At least the ghost writer got a credit on the book cover

If the Tree Could Speak: The Story of the Cross That Saw It All by Tim Tebow

I can't believe this is real

Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

Dad’s dad taught Bar Mitzvah students their haftorahs; Mom’s Dad was an elevator engineer at Westinghouse

Misogyny! And also this woman is a monster.

I read all of Peggy’s emails in the Epstein files and yet I still wasn’t prepared for what a monster this piece proves her to be.

A Nuclear Reactor Backed by Bill Gates Gets Federal Approval to Start Building TerraPower's project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade.

The UK is prosecuting associates of Jeffrey Epstein; we’re giving them nuclear reactors.

I live AWP all of the time

I’m not going to AWP this year, but I will likely be sitting in a bar complaining about the state of my career and publishing in general. So I’ll be there in spirit.

The Maris Review, vol 94 The theme of the week is poetry in unexpected places. What I read this week The Copywriter by Daniel Poppick Not since Hannah Horvath worked in advertorial at GQ has a true artiste's creative ener...

It's a huge new release day. Every March I am awed by how many new books get published, but I also fear that so many of them will get lost in the shuffle. I provided links to product pages for lots of new/wonderful books if you've got time to click around. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

It's free for all Authors Guild members.

I also said walk like an egyptian arms!

The Maris Review, vol 94 The theme of the week is poetry in unexpected places. What I read this week The Copywriter by Daniel Poppick Not since Hannah Horvath worked in advertorial at GQ has a true artiste's creative ener...

It's a huge new release day. Every March I am awed by how many new books get published, but I also fear that so many of them will get lost in the shuffle. I provided links to product pages for lots of new/wonderful books if you've got time to click around. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

Aaand, I just added Human Authored certification to the copyright page for the paperback edition of I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN. Feels nice.

We are the consequences We, collectively, are the condition that makes their defeat inevitable.

I have a new essay out today. For Welcome To Hellworld I wrote about my home, Minneapolis, again; I worked through some thoughts on why the concept of "victory" feels so hollow right now but why it might signal something far more important in the future.
www.welcometohellworld.com/we-are-the-c...

Holy shit the last 2 minutes of Industry with the very special guest star!!

Just wanted you guys to see “Riding in a golf cart fatly”

We live in hell but at least this made me laugh.