Mazel Tov, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Abdul’s win is a victory for everyone who supports equality, justice, and a thriving future for all - for Palestinians, Israelis, our neighbors, and ourselves!
Maris Kreizman
@maris.bsky.social
Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down https://www.themarisreview.com/ https://www.mariskreizman.com/
I wrote about a frustrating, brilliant novel that deals with how devoid of connections and curiosity the world has become, and then, fittingly, I wrote (again) about how AI is ruining the book publishing industry. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 116
The theme of the week is how AI is making the world (more) stupid What I read this week The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams What to do with this frustrating, brilliant novel! I almost wanted to t...
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I’m not gonna do that 1 like, 1 answer to a book-related question thing, but I’m very happy to answer any of your book-related questions if you just wanna ask.
I am furious at myself for conforming to white lady stereotypes for contemplating whether or not to buy this Bruce Springsteen t-shirt that is now on sale at Anthropologie. www.anthropologie.com/shop/letluv-...
Letluv Bruce Springsteen Cotton Graphic Tee
Shop the Letluv Bruce Springsteen Cotton Graphic Tee and more at Anthropologie today. Read customer reviews, discover product details and more.
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One thing I will add to @maris.bsky.social excellent rant: The easiest thing publishers could do about the tragedy of AI in books is...NOT FUND THE FUCKING TECH COMPANIES THAT MAKE IT BY USING IT THEMSELVES!!!! You were fine without it a year and half ago!!!!! Just fucking do that!!!!!!
The Maris Review, vol 116
The theme of the week is how AI is making the world (more) stupid What I read this week The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams What to do with this frustrating, brilliant novel! I almost wanted to t...
themarisreview.com
lol forever www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.
nytimes.com
Here's a fun one with a fun email address. What is the end game here? What can this fake assistant editor at Hachette get me?
I wrote about a frustrating, brilliant novel that deals with how devoid of connections and curiosity the world has become, and then, fittingly, I wrote (again) about how AI is ruining the book publishing industry. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 116
The theme of the week is how AI is making the world (more) stupid What I read this week The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams What to do with this frustrating, brilliant novel! I almost wanted to t...
themarisreview.com
I’ve got nothing to add to the discourse except that my dog is a real knockout.
NASHVILLE— Bell Bird Books catching heat (+ support) for canceling an Alyssa Rosenheck event Her book claims to be “a call to end extremism” as she amplifies Mark Levin🤔 + attacks councilwoman Zulfat Suara… what does she think “extremism” is, exactly? (Hint: criticism of 🇮🇱)
Jaya rules, and Ravenous rules! This is such a vivid example of how generative AI does not "democratize" art and culture like its boosters claim. It actually increases the need for/impulse towards gatekeeping because in practice, AI just democratizes fraud. Actual work still takes time and skill!
Jaya Saxena@jayasaxena.com · 3d agoI wrote about Ravenous preparing to commission freelance (yayy!!!) and realizing that means having to plan for AI scams (boooooo) www.weareravenous.com/ai-freelance...
I’m so sick of the both sides-ing. AI is creating monumental existential problems for book publishing but okay cool it makes metadata easier. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
AI May Be Making Publishing Easier, But It’s Still Not Easy
At an online summit cohosted by industry platform Publishing Signal, participants agreed that AI is accelerating the pace of production and lowering some costs, but core questions about curation, audi...
publishersweekly.com
I am really gonna miss giving my husband little recaps of what happened on this week’s episode of Cape Fear. Bring back prestige camp.
Please get in touch if you’d like to join the cultural critics group at the Freelance Solidarity Project. We have to look out for one another. open.substack.com/pub/freelanc...
A Statement on Industry-Wide Cuts to Cultural Criticism
2025 has been a year of devastating disinvestment across arts and culture criticism.
open.substack.com
Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 5d agoWell, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:
"we never built good data management systems so now we will outsource that to AI" is not a tech solution it is a "I am bad at my job" answer
I’m so sick of the both sides-ing. AI is creating monumental existential problems for book publishing but okay cool it makes metadata easier. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
AI May Be Making Publishing Easier, But It’s Still Not Easy
At an online summit cohosted by industry platform Publishing Signal, participants agreed that AI is accelerating the pace of production and lowering some costs, but core questions about curation, audi...
publishersweekly.com
reminder: property records are very public! I wrote this three years ago, have fun:
How to Snoop Through Property Records Like a Reporter
thecityreporter.nyc
Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · 5d agoI cant stop laughing at this. nymag.com/intelligence...
Bad news for the 60 Minutes talent scouts
Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 6d agoU.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Opposing Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
More accusations of AI usage in books published by Big 5 publishers. Trying to wrap my mind around how to even begin to take precautions.
She really does outdo herself every time. We’re so lucky.
Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social · 7d agoOkay now it's getting real
I will always appreciate how middle brow brilliant Barack Obama’s reading list is
Very sad about Glen Hansard but holy shit what a joy The Commitments is
I think about this all the time! so many good recs in here (going straight to the harlem shuffle audiobook) going to add a teensy shout out halle buter’s readings of her novels jillian and the new me. so dry and hilarious, amazing stuff.
Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · 2w agoI wrote about the art of audiobook narration and how the answer is either/or but never AI. lithub.com/author-or-ac...
Sometimes when your novel doesn't sell you might think it's due to antisemitism when in fact you're actually just a bad writer.
🚨 New paper on AI & Copyright Using @pangram.com full-text AI detection, we study self-published genre fiction on Amazon, 2023–26. Amazon is flooded w/ books with substantial AI text. They earn real 💰 & crowd out non-AI books. w/ @dhillonp.bsky.social @xinyuel.bsky.social & Jane Ginsburg (1/n) 🧵
I didn't mean to be so on theme this week, but I read two books about the dangers of mining one's life for the sake of one's fiction. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 115
This week's theme is what happens (nothing good!) when you mine your life for material for your fiction What I read this week You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters by Rachel Av...
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I hope the first thing he said was “wtf did you do to Pitchfork?” www.thecut.com/article/mayo...
Zohran Mamdani and Anna Wintour Had an Impromptu Meeting
What do you think they discussed?
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