Maris Kreizman
@maris.bsky.social
Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
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I wrote about the Epstein Files and the (incredibly unhealthy) need to monitor, to bear witness. lithub.com/finding-the-...
Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files
I did not make good use of my time this past weekend. I could have been doing something fulfilling like doomscrolling or playing an inane game on my phone, but instead I became an armchair detectiv…
lithub.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I wrote about the Epstein Files and the (incredibly unhealthy) need to monitor, to bear witness. lithub.com/finding-the-...
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"I don’t know what to do with these names."
@maris.bsky.social grapples with the questions on all our minds 🖤
@maris.bsky.social grapples with the questions on all our minds 🖤
I wrote about the Epstein Files and the (incredibly unhealthy) need to monitor, to bear witness. lithub.com/finding-the-...
Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files
I did not make good use of my time this past weekend. I could have been doing something fulfilling like doomscrolling or playing an inane game on my phone, but instead I became an armchair detectiv…
lithub.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"I don’t know what to do with these names."
@maris.bsky.social grapples with the questions on all our minds 🖤
@maris.bsky.social grapples with the questions on all our minds 🖤
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"The fact that the latest drop of the Epstein files reveals that men in media who were accused of sexual misconduct turned around and enlisted the help of Epstein to fight back has me thinking twice about what 'MeToo has gone too far' really means."
@maris.bsky.social tracks down the publishing world in the Epstein Files: “I don’t recommend doing this; I truly believe it made me physically ill.”
Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files
I did not make good use of my time this past weekend. I could have been doing something fulfilling like doomscrolling or playing an inane game on my phone, but instead I became an armchair detectiv…
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"The fact that the latest drop of the Epstein files reveals that men in media who were accused of sexual misconduct turned around and enlisted the help of Epstein to fight back has me thinking twice about what 'MeToo has gone too far' really means."
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The "Dark Academia" genre as a kind of political unconscious... or political very-conscious even!
February 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The "Dark Academia" genre as a kind of political unconscious... or political very-conscious even!
I wrote about the Epstein Files and the (incredibly unhealthy) need to monitor, to bear witness. lithub.com/finding-the-...
Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files
I did not make good use of my time this past weekend. I could have been doing something fulfilling like doomscrolling or playing an inane game on my phone, but instead I became an armchair detectiv…
lithub.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I wrote about the Epstein Files and the (incredibly unhealthy) need to monitor, to bear witness. lithub.com/finding-the-...
Reposted by Maris Kreizman
The Washington Post, one of the largest newspapers in the U.S., has announced that it is laying off a third of all staff. If Bezos paid out $100 million to the paper today, his net worth would go from $248.7 billion to $248.6 billion.
<em>Washington Post</em> Layoffs Blamed on Losses That Amount to Rounding Error for Bezos
If Bezos paid out $100 million to the paper today, his net worth would go from $248.7 billion to $248.6 billion.
truthout.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The Washington Post, one of the largest newspapers in the U.S., has announced that it is laying off a third of all staff. If Bezos paid out $100 million to the paper today, his net worth would go from $248.7 billion to $248.6 billion.
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that @bookshop.org is ready to compete in the space! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Bookshop.org Teams with Draft2Digital
The online bookselling platform has partnered with the self-publishing company to allow self-published authors to sell e-books on its site.
www.publishersweekly.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that @bookshop.org is ready to compete in the space! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.
variety.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"
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it can’t all just be substack, it simply cannot
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
it can’t all just be substack, it simply cannot
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I am trying to build this with The Rumpus! I hope we can fill some of this gaping void in criticism as we relaunch.
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I am trying to build this with The Rumpus! I hope we can fill some of this gaping void in criticism as we relaunch.
I have thought long and hard about starting up a new books publication, given how much criticism has been cut across the board. The business model is really difficult. The return on investment is low. We used to be okay with some parts of media not growing rapidly year over year forever.
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I have thought long and hard about starting up a new books publication, given how much criticism has been cut across the board. The business model is really difficult. The return on investment is low. We used to be okay with some parts of media not growing rapidly year over year forever.
It’s bleak out there
there isn’t a better Books desk in the country than the one at the Washington Post. I’m not really sure there’s anything else to say
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It’s bleak out there
But anyhow congrats to Neil on his new book deal 🫠 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
February 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
But anyhow congrats to Neil on his new book deal 🫠 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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To give u an idea of how powerful men protect each other, remember Moira Donegan's "Shitty Men in Media" list? Here are former Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein (who got fired for being named), Michael Wolff, & Epstein discussing backing Stephen Eliott to supress MeToo
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
To give u an idea of how powerful men protect each other, remember Moira Donegan's "Shitty Men in Media" list? Here are former Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein (who got fired for being named), Michael Wolff, & Epstein discussing backing Stephen Eliott to supress MeToo
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
"As far as I’m concerned, remembering that I’m “first, last, and always an American” is a means of rejecting the claim, promulgated by antisemites as well as Zionists, that I am anything else."
This, by Lily Meyer, is lovely. Happy pub day to her.
lithub.com/lily-meyer-o...
This, by Lily Meyer, is lovely. Happy pub day to her.
lithub.com/lily-meyer-o...
Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism
Philip Roth, Zadie Smith writes in her essay collection Dead and Alive, was a patriot. An “unusually patriotic writer,” in fact. Smith met Roth when he was in his eighties, retired from writing, an…
lithub.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"As far as I’m concerned, remembering that I’m “first, last, and always an American” is a means of rejecting the claim, promulgated by antisemites as well as Zionists, that I am anything else."
This, by Lily Meyer, is lovely. Happy pub day to her.
lithub.com/lily-meyer-o...
This, by Lily Meyer, is lovely. Happy pub day to her.
lithub.com/lily-meyer-o...
In which I recommend a brilliant book for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer, and share some of Elizabeth McCracken's writing advice: "It is the flawed, the oddball, the broken, that is magnificent. The perfect doesn't interest me. It has no personality."
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The Maris Review, vol 90
The theme of the week is how-to.
But first...
This is the worst part. I hate to do this. But I just re-upped my account for this newsletter on Ghost (it would have been nice if they'd given me a wa...
www.themarisreview.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
In which I recommend a brilliant book for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer, and share some of Elizabeth McCracken's writing advice: "It is the flawed, the oddball, the broken, that is magnificent. The perfect doesn't interest me. It has no personality."
www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
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Disgust aside, I am downright astonished by the extent to which these geriatric pervs felt inclined to communicate their every intrusive thought.
February 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Disgust aside, I am downright astonished by the extent to which these geriatric pervs felt inclined to communicate their every intrusive thought.
Even the non-incriminating stuff is so creepy.
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Even the non-incriminating stuff is so creepy.
We really have to stop listening to this dude.
February 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
We really have to stop listening to this dude.
Deleted my last post. Maybe I should, like, doomscroll to prevent myself from going too deep in the Epstein files.
February 1, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Deleted my last post. Maybe I should, like, doomscroll to prevent myself from going too deep in the Epstein files.
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
Every new Epstein files dump is like confirmation that the grandiose conspiracy theories aren’t depraved enough.
January 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Every new Epstein files dump is like confirmation that the grandiose conspiracy theories aren’t depraved enough.
I wish I could Eternal Sunshine what I saw today about Robin Leach right out of my mind
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I wish I could Eternal Sunshine what I saw today about Robin Leach right out of my mind