![]() ![]() MAIZES (RLM): I didn’t want my gender to be one of the first things people considered, consciously or subconsciously, in deciding whether to read my work. Why the choice to use initials rather than your full name (or at least, your first name and last name) for the byline? Maizes and the cover of her new book.ĮRIKA DREIFUS (ED): First things first: We’re friends, so I know what “R.L.” stands for. We Love Anderson Cooper is her first book. Her work has received Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s Fiction Open contest, has been a finalist in numerous other national contests, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Maizes is an alumna of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Tin House Summer Workshop. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Lilith, and elsewhere. Maizes’s short stories have aired on National Public Radio and have appeared in the literary magazines Electric Literature, Witness, Bellevue Literary Review, Slice, and Blackbird, among others. ![]() Maizes was born and raised in Queens, New York, and now lives in Boulder County, Colorado. ![]() ![]() And when I read the book ( We Love Anderson Cooper, just published by Celadon Books), I wasn’t at all disappointed. Maizes had a short-story collection in the publishing pipeline, I couldn’t wait to obtain an advance copy and prepare a Q&A for The Practicing Writer. A version of this Q&A originally appeared in the August 2019 issue of The Practicing Writer. ![]()
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