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Marisa Atkinson

Marisa Atkinson is a publicist at Graywolf Press in Minneapolis. Follow her on Twitter: @totesmarisa

The Heyday of YA: An Interview with Lizzie Skurnick

Like many readers, I was psyched to hear that Lizzie Skurnick (who you may know from her blog The Old ...

Boy vs. Girl: VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

Boy vs. Girl: THE ENGAGEMENTS by J. Courtney Sullivan and SISTERLAND by Curtis Sittenfeld

Welcome to another installment of Boy vs. Girl, in which we (Marisa Atkinson and Casey Peterson) read and debate new ...

An Interview with Maggie Shipstead

Maggie Shipstead’s smart, finely wrought, and thoroughly entertaining debut novel, Seating Arrangements, centers on the well-bred Van Meter clan—patriarch Winn, ...

Boy vs. Girl: THE SMART ONE by Jennifer Close

Welcome to another installment of Boy vs. Girl, in which we (Marisa Atkinson and Casey Peterson) read and debate new ...

Boy vs. Girl: DAMAGE CONTROL: STORIES

Welcome back to Boy vs. Girl, in which we in which we (Marisa Atkinson and Casey Peterson) read and debate ...