I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman is a funny, honest and hopeful collection of essays from a cultural critic. Maris joins us to talk about the golden age of blogging, Mad Men, magazines, physical vs digital reading, gateway authors and more with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

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Featured Books (Episode): I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman Filterworld by Kyle Chayka Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Meaty by Samantha Irby Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk The Fraud by Zadie Smith Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Audition by Katie Kitamura Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin A Separation by Katie Kitamura Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney Flashlight by Susan Choi Searches by Vauhini Vara