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.[1]
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,[2] 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.[3][4][5] 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.[6]
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Books
Novels
- Marx, Patricia (2007). Him her him again the end of him. New York: Scribner.
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Humor
- Birnbach, Lisa; Hodgman, Ann; Marx, Patricia (2006). 1,003 great things about being Jewish. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|authormask=(help) - 1,003 Great Things about Being a Woman, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), humor (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2005)
- 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.
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{{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.
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{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Marx, Patricia (February 3, 2014). "A tale of a tub". Our Far-Flung Correspondents. The New Yorker. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
{{cite journal}}: 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.
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References
Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2007. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000175267.
- ^ From the endpaper of Starting from Happy; she teaches Screenwriting.
- ^ "Contributors: Patricia Marx". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Kipnis, Laura (2007-01-24). "Women in Love". Slate. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ^ Kinsley, Susan F (1971-12-10). "Lampoon Admits First Two Women". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ^ The Starting from Happy endpaper states that she was the first woman to be elected to the Harvard Lampoon.
- ^ "MFAW-VT, Visiting Writers Profiles". Goddard College. 2006-09-19. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- 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.
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