Patricia Marx

Patricia Marx is an American humorist and writer. She currently works as a staff writer for The New Yorker, and teaches at Princeton University and 92nd Street Y.

Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, she earned her B.A. from Harvard University in 1975. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue, and The Atlantic Monthly. Marx is a former writer for Saturday Night Live and Rugrats, and the first woman elected to the Harvard Lampoon. She is the author of the 2007 novel, Him Her Him Again The End of Him, as well as several humor books and children's books.

Bibliography

Books

Novels

• Marx, Patricia (2007). Him her him again the end of him. New York: Scribner. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
• Marx, Patricia (2011). Starting from happy. New York: Simon & Schuster. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Humor

• Birnbach, Lisa; Ann Hodgman; Patricia Marx (2005). 1,003 great things about being a woman. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
• Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? with Roz Chast (Celadon Books, 2018) ISBN 978-1-250-30196-3
• Birnbach, Lisa; Ann Hodgman; Patricia Marx (2006). 1,003 great things about being Jewish. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask1= ignored (|author-mask1= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |authormask2= ignored (|author-mask2= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |authormask3= ignored (|author-mask3= suggested) (help)
• 1,003 Great Things To Smile about, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2004)
• You Know You're 40 When--, (with Ann Hodgman), humor (New York: Broadway Books, 2004)
• 1,003 Great Things about Moms, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002)
• 1,003 Great Things about America, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002)
• 1,003 Great Things about Teachers, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2000)
• 1,003 Great Things about Friends, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1999)
• The Skinny: What Every Skinny Woman Knows about Dieting (and Won't Tell You!), (with Susan Sistrom), humor (New York: Dell, 1999)
• 1,003 Great Things about Kids, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1998)
• 1,003 Great Things about Getting Older, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman, and David Owen), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1997)
• You Know You're a Workaholic When--, humor (New York: Workman, 1993)
• Blockbuster, (with Douglas G. McGrath), humor (New York: Bantam Books, 1988)
• You Can Never Go Wrong by Lying: And Other Solutions to the Moral and Social Dilemmas of Our Time, humor (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985)
• How to Regain Your Virginity ... and 99 Other Recent Discoveries about Sex, (with Charlotte Stuart), humor (New York: Workman, 1983)

Children's books

• Dot in Larryland: The Big Little Book of an Odd-Sized Friendship, (illustrated by Roz Chast), (New York: Bloombury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2009)

Essays and reporting

• Marx, Patricia (December 8, 2008). "The price is right". On and Off the Avenue. The New Yorker. Retrieved 2014-02-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
• Marx, Patricia (January 16, 2012). "A bushel and a peck". On and Off the Avenue. The New Yorker. 87 (44): 32–36. Retrieved 2014-11-10. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Marx, Patricia (January 14, 2013). "Outsource yourself : the online way to delegate your chores". On and Off the Avenue. The New Yorker. 88 (43): 32–35. Retrieved 2015-01-22. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Marx, Patricia (March 4, 2013). "Ladies". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 89 (3): 35. Retrieved 2015-05-07. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Marx, Patricia (March 25, 2013). "Patagonia". Goings on About Town. On and Off the Avenue. The New Yorker. 89 (6): 34. Retrieved 2015-09-05. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Marx, Patricia (August 5, 2013). "Free and the brave". Goings on About Town. On and Off the Avenue. The New Yorker. 89 (23): 9. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Marx, Patricia (February 3, 2014). "A tale of a tub : why go on a cruise when you can go on a freighter?". Our Far-Flung Correspondents. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 26–31. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Marx, Patricia (October 20, 2014). "Pets allowed : why are so many animals now in places where they shouldn't be?". Our Local Correspondents. The New Yorker. 90 (32): 36–41. Retrieved 2014-12-22. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

References

Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2007. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000175267.

• Dallas Morning News Mar 22, 1999
• "Harvard's Gifts to Gag Writing" New York Times - Mar 29, 1987
• "Speaking the Unspeakable (No Blushing Is Required)" New York Times - Jun 6, 1998

External links

• Bello, Grace (2011-08-23). "Patricia Marx on Hazing, The New Yorker, and TV Eyebrows". The Hairpin. Retrieved 2012-07-14. (interview with Patricia Marx)
• Broyard, Bliss (2007-01-14). "Just Dump Him Already". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-01-26. (review of Her Him Again the End of Him)
• Franklin, Nancy (2007-01-15). "The Beginning of Her". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2007-02-01.