Meet Rissa

Rissa Bennett (Marissa Slowinski) is a NJ-Based blogger specializing in literary analysis, mainly of the romance genre. She has her B.A. in English: Professional Digital and Media Writing from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing her Master’s in English: Professional Digital and Media Writing.

She specializes in maintaining a strong connection with the reading community through social media, mainly Instagram (Bookstagram.) She is an avid romance reader, among other genres, making her a well-rounded source for all-things bookish, from extensive reviews and analysis, to recommendation lists. Rissa is an advocate for the destigmatization of the romance genre with her strong feminist views and a reliable educational background on theory and writing.

Creative writing has always been a core passion in Rissa’s journey, as well. She loves writing poetry, horror short-stories, and romance. She also writes essays, nonfiction from time to time, and prose.

When she’s not reading or writing she is spending time at the shore, with her two cats, Toadette and Jenna, her boyfriend, or spending quality time with friends.

Meet Rissa

Rissa Bennett (Marissa Slowinski) is a NJ-Based blogger specializing in literary analysis, mainly of the romance genre. She has her B.A. in English: Professional Digital and Media Writing from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing her Master’s in English: Professional Digital and Media Writing.

She specializes in maintaining a strong connection with the reading community through social media, mainly Instagram (Bookstagram.) She is an avid romance reader, among other genres, making her a well-rounded source for all-things bookish, from extensive reviews and analysis, to recommendation lists. Rissa is an advocate for the destigmatization of the romance genre with her strong feminist views and a reliable educational background on theory and writing.

Creative writing has always been a core passion in Rissa’s journey, as well. She loves writing poetry, horror short-stories, and romance. She also writes essays, nonfiction from time to time, and prose.

When she’s not reading or writing she is spending time at the shore, with her two cats, Toadette and Jenna, her boyfriend, or spending quality time with friends.

Experience and Skills:

Rissa is an avid social media user both personally and professionally. As she is currently getting her M.A. in English: Professional Digital and Media Writing, which she already has her B.A. in, she has attained unique skills to the degree, including understanding trends, engagement strategies, and technical skills with editing (ex. Canva, Adobe, etc.) Furthermore, being a creator on Instagram has opened up so many opportunities, which will be listed on the screen. In the almost two years she’s had her Bookstagram, she’s gained more experience with topical, relevant, content creation than she ever thought to be possible.

She has experience running the East Stroudsburg University Writing Studio social media pages (Instagram and Facebook), as well as generating various types of PR (flyers, cctv images, written communications, etc.) Rissa was editor of the Opinion section of the Stroud Courier from September 2022-May 2023. From September 2023-December 2023 she was acting Copyeditor. While she held both positions she wrote various pieces among the different sections of the paper.

Sample posts from both her Instagram experience, as well as her experience on the Stroud Courier and The Writing Studio are all available and linked on this page.

Resume is available upon request.

 Collaborations with @rissabennettreads- 

Skills learned from running @rissabennettreads:

  • Editing graphics (example: "Minx Review" “Chestnut Springs Series” review )

  • Photoshoots of both books and myself.

  • Promoting products (like those above).

  • Being honest, transparent, and consistent.

  • Skills in editing software (Adobe, CapCut, Canva, Instagram, Tiktok, Tezza, etc.).

Other experience-

Sample Posts from The Writing Studio Instagram -

Sample Articles from The Stroud Courier-

Contact Me.

rissareadsbooks@gmail.com