Maria Reva
Maria Reva writes fiction and opera libretti. She is the author of Good Citizens Need Not Fear, set in an apartment block in Ukraine, as well as the novel Endling (longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, winner of the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize).
Maria’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, McSweeney’s, The Wall Street Journal, Granta, The Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. She was born in Ukraine and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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01
May 2026
FRYE Jam
Discover literature at its most thrilling and engaging: readings by our guest authors, accompanied by musical improvisations from Umläb and captivating projections by Carole Deveau.
02
May 2026
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
This event will begin with a Flash FRYE reading by Natalie Rice (Nightjar, Gaspereau Press), followed by an in-conversation with Maria Reva (Endling, Knopf) and Souvankham Thammavongsa (Pick a Colour, Knopf). Join us as our guests discuss clichés, ambition, paths not taken, and entertaining loneliness.