The Maris Review

Maggie Nelson is the author of several books of poetry and prose, most recently the New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner The Argonauts. Her latest work of criticism is called On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint.Recommended Reading:The Force of Non-Violence by Judith ButlerGood Will Come From the Sea by Christos IkonomouOn Violence and On Violence Against Women by Jacqueline Rose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Turshen is the bestselling cookbook author of Small Victories, Feed the Resistance, and Now & Again. She hosts the IACP-nominated podcast 'Keep Calm and Cook On' and has written for many publications. She is the founder of Equity At The Table, an inclusive digital directory of women/non-binary individuals in food. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her wife and pets, and her latest cookbook is Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food. This episode is brought to you by Talkspace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MATTHEW SALESSES is the author of three novels, Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear, The Hundred-Year Flood, and I’m Not Saying, I’m Just Saying, and a forthcoming essay collection. He was adopted from Korea and currently lives in Iowa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of ten novels, including Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, and The End of Everything. She is the co-creator and executive producer of USA's adaptation of Dare Me and was a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show The Deuce. Her latest novel is called The Turnout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie Kitamura's most recent novel, A Separation, was a finalist for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori and a New York Times Notable Book. It was named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications and translated into sixteen languages, and is being adapted for film. Her two previous novels, Gone to the Forest and The Longshot, were both finalists for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. A recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and Santa Maddalena Foundation, Katie has written for publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, Granta, BOMB Magazine, Triple Canopy, and Frieze. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KELSEY McKINNEY is a freelance features writer and cofounder of Defector Media. She previously worked as a staff writer at Vox, Fusion, and Deadspin. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Cosmopolitan, and New York magazine, among other publications. Raised Evangelical in north Texas, she now lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and dog. God Spare the Girls is her first novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tahmima Anam is the recipient of a Commonwealth Writers Prize, an O. Henry Prize, and has been named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. She is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. Born in Bangladesh, she now lives in London where she is on the board of ROLI, a music tech company founded by her husband. Her latest novel is called The Startup Wife.Today's sponsor is HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/marisreview14 and use code marisreview14 for up to 14 free meals plus free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KRISTEN RADTKE is the author of the graphic nonfiction book Imagine Wanting Only This. The recipient of a 2019 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, Radtke is the art director and deputy publisher of The Believer. Her new graphic book is called Seek You.This episode's sponsor:This episode is sponsored by: Scribd. Go to try.scribd.com/maris for a 60-day free trial. HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/marisreview12 and use code marisreview12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Talkspace: Get $100 off your first month with Talkspace. Visit talkspace.com and use promo code MARISREVIEW. Literati. Redeem your free trial at literati.com/marisreview. Indeed: At Indeed.com/maris, get a $75 credit. Offer valid through JUNE 30TH. Terms and conditions apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dana Spiotta is the author of Innocents and Others; Stone Arabia, A National Books Critics Circle Award finalist; and Eat the Document, a finalist for the National Book Award. Spiotta is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize for Literature. Her most recent novel is Wayward. She lives in Syracuse, New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices