Maris Kreizman

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Maris Kreizman
Born
Maris Kreizman
Education University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Occupations
  • Author
  • Essayist
  • Critic
Years active2018–present

Maris Kreizman is an essayist and critic with a bi-weekly column at Lit Hub, whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The LA Times, Vanity Fair, BuzzFeed, Esquire, and GQ. [1] She has also published the Book Slaughterhouse 90210. [2] [3]

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Career

Kreizman was listed as one of the Publishers Weekly Notables of the Year, [4] and was profiled in Refinery 29 after "landing her dream job." [5] The Observer then followed a day in her life. [6]

Maris started a nationwide Book of the Month club to promote diversity in reading. The LA Times profiled her book club, commenting, "It's not your grandma's book of the month club." [7] Amy Poehler's Smart Girls talked about Kreizman's contribution, through her book club, to Women's History Month. [8]

Poets & Writers magazine called Kreizman one the funniest voices on Twitter, [9] and Refinery29 said she's changing the literary landscape. [10] Vogue called her and her husband, Josh Gondelman the "George and Amal of the Twitter-Lit World [11] ."

Personal life

Kreizman is an alum of the University of Pennsylvania. [12] She lives in Brooklyn [13] with her husband Josh Gondelman [14] and their pug Bizzy. [15]

Works and publications

Selected articles

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References

  1. ↑ Lit Hub Archive. "Maris Kreizman". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  2. ↑ Bausells, Marta (2015-12-14). "Slaughterhouse 90210: where literature meets pop culture". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Megan. "Mastermind behind 'Slaughterhouse 90210' reveals how she turned her blog into a book". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  4. ↑ Reid |, Calvin. "PW Notables Of the Year: Margot Atwell, Maris Kreizman, and Jamie Tanner". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  5. ↑ Mackinney, Jada Wong,Ben Lamberty at De Facto Inc ,Sasha Kelly,Allie Smith,Heather Greene at Brydges. "Kickstarter Job Interview Process". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2024-05-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (2016-04-01). "Jobs Report: Kickstarter's Publishing Ambassador Maris Kreizman Details Her Day". Observer. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  7. ↑ Brown, Ellen F. (2016-12-02). "It's not your grandma's Book of the Month Club". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  8. ↑ Sepulveres, Danielle (2017-03-10). "Book Club". Amy Poehler's Smart Girls. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  9. ↑ Taeckens, Michael (2020-06-10). "Reviewers & Critics: Maris Kreizman". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  10. ↑ Iversen, Kristin. "Meet The Women Changing The Publishing World For The Better". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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  12. ↑ Petrilla, Molly (2015-06-29). "Book Publishing in the Digital Age". The Pennsylvania Gazette. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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  14. ↑ Ruiz, Michelle (2015-10-15). "Meet the George and Amal of the Twitter-Lit World". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  15. ↑ Douglas, Nick (2017-12-11). "I'm Comedian Josh Gondelman, and This Is How I Work". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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  18. ↑ "My Self-Care Routine is Following Pugs on Instagram". BuzzFeed News . 20 August 2018.
  19. ↑ "How Casey Cep Wrote the True-Crime Book Harper Lee Couldn't". 10 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Carmen Maria Machado's Memoir Fills in the Gray Areas of Abuse". BuzzFeed News . November 2019.
  21. ↑ Kreizman, Maris (9 April 2019). "Opinion | Why I Am Stockpiling Insulin in My Fridge". The New York Times.
  22. ↑ "Listening to My Neighbors Fight". The Atlantic . 11 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Why the Publishing Industry Just Can't Quit Donald Trump Jr. And Company". Vanity Fair . 20 November 2019.
  24. ↑ "My family founded Barneys. Now the great department store is closing". 5 February 2020.
  25. ↑ "$2 million book deals about the Trump administration are anything but brave". 11 February 2020.
  26. ↑ Kreizman, Maris. "Why America Needs More Kind Men as Heroes". WSJ.
  27. ↑ "The Legacy of 'Gone Girl'". 24 May 2022.
  28. ↑ "The Best Books of 2023". 5 December 2023.
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