Maris is the host of the The Maris Review, an intimate literary podcast from Lit Hub. Read More She’s an essayist and critic whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly, The Ringer, The New Republic, Town & Country, The Cut, Vulture, Glamour, Esquire, GQ, The Toast, The Hairpin, and more. She’s the creator of Slaughterhouse 90210, a blog and book (Flatiron Books, 2015) that celebrates the intersection of literature and pop culture. Maris was previously the editorial director of Book of the Month, the editorial director of digital content at B&N.com, and a publishing outreach lead at Kickstarter.