Maddie Crum

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

co-editing joyland editions (@joylandpub). writing, too ❁

Articles

The 12 Best TV Performances of 2024

Dec 11, 2024 | vulture.com | Maddie Crum |Julie Kosin |Genevieve Koski

The best TV performances of the year, including Marisa Abela in ‘Industry’ and Anna Sawai in ‘Shōgun,’ found fresh depths in returning characters or introduced us to new ones with confidence and style.
The Best Must-Read Books of 2024

Jun 4, 2024 | vulture.com | Maris Kreizman |Emma Alpern |Maddie Crum |Tope Folarin

best of 2024 The novels and nonfiction that offered unique robotproof perspectives. It has been a rough year for makers of original media, with the increasing use of generative AI threatening the livelihood of writers, editors, and artists of all kinds as well as the intelligence of readers.
The Best Books of 2024 (So Far)

Apr 3, 2024 | vulture.com | Emma Alpern |Maddie Crum |Tope Folarin |Emily Gould

This list is updated monthly with new “best of the year” worthy titles. The year may still be young, but 2024 has already brought a treasure trove of surprising new books. Multiple celebrated first-time authors have returned with highly anticipated, ambitious follow-up novels. Memoir and reportage are skillfully blended together for a collection of essays on the climate crises. A former Village Voice journalist delivers a vibrant oral history of the beloved alternative weekly.
Review | ‘Headshot’ isn’t your typical sports novel

Mar 11, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Maddie Crum

“Eight two-minute rounds, with time-outs and pauses between rounds, is barely enough time for anything at all to happen,” writes Rita Bullwinkel in her first novel, “Headshot.” Yet, her book is framed within those confines: as a set of matches between eight American teens competing in Reno, Nev., to win the Women’s Youth Boxing Association title.
Review | ‘The Book of Ayn’ pokes fun at cancel culture

Nov 21, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Maddie Crum

CommentSaveLexi Freiman has the qualities of a great comic writer: She’s deeply skeptical, sparing no one, including herself; she doesn’t ruminate at the expense of good timing; and most of all, she understands that the spirit of comedy, like the spirit of art, is risk, that a joke is a leap, and that an uncertain landing is what makes it pleasurable, rousing, even deep.
Review | Wrestling with grief, sadness and anxiety in an enchanted desert

Oct 27, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Maddie Crum

CommentSaveMelissa Broder’s third novel, “Death Valley,” is a metafictional dark comedy set in an enchanted desert. It is also, above all else, a study of sadness. This isn’t a fault but a challenge: how to render emotional suffering not only as a tone or an affect, but as a story in itself, with twists and turns and characters who make choices — with a plot? The book’s unnamed narrator is wrestling with this question, mostly because her editor wants her to.
Can veganism save the soul of a wily millionaire?

Jul 22, 2023 | pressherald.com | Maddie Crum

Herschel Caine, the narrator of Andrew Lipstein’s second novel, “The Vegan,” might just upend the stock market. His hedge fund, which is in the throes of a few crucial deals with big investors, uses predictive software that works like a super-granular crystal ball, effectively rigging the system. Sure, such an invention might cannibalize his business – his whole line of work, even – but by then, Hershel figures, he’ll already be rich.
Can veganism save the soul of a wily millionaire?

Jul 12, 2023 | msn.com | Maddie Crum
Review | Can veganism save the soul of a wily millionaire?

Jul 12, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Maddie Crum
Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer-Winning Author Of ‘The Road,’ Dies

Jun 13, 2023 | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Maddie Crum