The Maris Review

Glory Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a book club and digital platform that promotes Black literature and sisterhood. She won the Innovator’s Award at the 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. Her latest anthology is called On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library.Recommended Reading: For Brown Girls With Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez  What’s Your Story?: A Journal For Everyday Evolution by Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond Keep Moving by Maggie Smith Unbound by Tarana Burke Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jami Attenberg is the New York Times bestselling author of 7 books of fiction, including The Middlesteins and All This Could Be Yours. She has contributed essays to the New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times, and the Guardian, among other publications. She lives in New Orleans. Her new book is called I Came All This Way To Meet You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Xochitl Gonzalez received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Prior to writing, she wore many hats, including entrepreneur, wedding planner, fundraiser and tarot card reader. She is a proud alumna of the New York City public school system and holds a BA in art history and visual art from Brown University. She lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog, Hectah Lavoe. Olga Dies Dreaming is her debut novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Maris Review, Vendela Vida joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her latest novel, We Run the Tides, out now from Ecco.This interview was done in collaboration with the Miami Book Fair, which took place on November 14-21, 2021. See the full lineup here to watch the restreams.Vendela Vida is the award-winning author of six books, including Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty. Her new novel, We Run the Tides, will be published by Ecco on February 9, 2021. She is a founding editor of The Believer and coeditor of The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers and Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence, a collection of interviews with musicians. She was a founding board member of 826 Valencia, the San Francisco writing center for youth, and lives in the Bay Area with her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jen Spyra is a former staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Onion. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City. Big Time is her first book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex McElroy is a nonbinary writer based in Brooklyn. Their debut novel, THE ATMOSPHERIANS, was published in May by Atria. Their other writing appears in The Cut, BuzzFeed, Vulture, GQ, Elle, Vice, The Atlantic, Tin House, and elsewhere.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and been recipient of several awards including: the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. His latest novel is called My Heart Is a Chainsaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Donner's essays, reportage and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Bookforum, Guernica, and The Believer. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days is her third and latest book; she is also the author of a novel, Sunset Terrace, and Burnout, a graphic novel about ecoterrorism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria and lives in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and regular contributor to The Guardian, she is the winner of a Betty Trask Award. The author of Welcome to Lagos, Sankofa is her third novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hermione Hoby is the author of the novel Neon in Daylight, which was twice listed as a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Frieze. Her latest novel is called Virtue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices