Contributor
Kristina Marusic
Kristina Marusic works as a writer for MTV News’s social justice vertical, “Issues,” covering topics including the Black Lives Matter movement, LGBTQ issues, and feminist pop culture. She is a full-time reporter for Environmental Health News. She holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco, and is working on a memoir about her undergraduate career as an FBI-monitored animal rights and anti-war activist.
Recent Writing
We Were Greeted as Liberators
A young animal rights activist plays chicken with the law—literallyIssue 57
Revise, Research . . . Query
The literary agent talks about the appeal of the first person, dealing with rejection, and which steps you should always take before you start querying agents.Online Only
Learning How to Become a Stranger to Yourself
Saeed Jones on on the similarities between nonfiction and poetry, the beauty and treachery of social media, and the importance of making space for diverse vantage pointsOnline Only
The Spine of Success: Good Storytelling
Practical advice on everything from the changing publishing landscape, the secret ingredients in a New York Times bestseller, and how to approach an agent.Online Only
