Patricia Marx Explained
Patricia Marx is an American humorist and writer. She currently works as a staff writer for The New Yorker, and teaches at Columbia University, 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]
Bibliography
Books
- Novels
- Book: Marx, Patricia . Him her him again the end of him . registration . New York . Scribner . 2007. 9780743296243 .
- Book: Marx, Patricia . 1 . Starting from happy . New York . Simon & Schuster . 2011.
- Humor
- Book: Marx, Patricia . Charlotte Stuart . amp . How to regain your virginity – and 99 other recent discoveries about sex . registration . New York . Workman . 1983 . 9780894803659 .
- Book: Marx, Patricia . You can never go wrong by lying : and other solutions to the moral and social dilemmas of our time . registration . Boston . Houghton Mifflin . 1985. 9780395384657 .
- Blockbuster, (with Douglas G. McGrath), (New York: Bantam Books, 1988)
- You Know You're a Workaholic When--, (New York: Workman, 1993)
- 1,003 Great Things about Getting Older, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman, and David Owen), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1997)
- 1,003 Great Things about Kids, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 1998)
- 1,003 Great Things about Friends, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (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 Teachers, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2000)
- 1,003 Great Things about Moms, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002)
- 1,003 Great Things about America, (with Lisa Birnbach and Ann Hodgman), (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2002)
- Book: Birnbach, Lisa . Ann Hodgman . Patricia Marx . amp . 1,003 great things to smile about . Kansas City . Andrews McMeel . 2004.
- Book: Birnbach, Lisa . Ann Hodgman . Patricia Marx . amp . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1,003 great things about being a woman . registration . Kansas City . Andrews McMeel . 2005 . 9780740750137 .
- Book: Birnbach, Lisa . Ann Hodgman . Patricia Marx . amp . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1,003 great things about being Jewish . registration . Kansas City . Andrews McMeel . 2006. 9780740755293 .
- You Know You're 40 When--, (with Ann Hodgman), (New York: Broadway Books, 2004)
- Book: Marx, Patricia . Let's be less stupid : an attempt to maintain my mental faculties . registration . New York . Twelve . 2015 . 9781455554959 .
- Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? (illustrated by Roz Chast), (New York: Celadon Books, 2019)
- You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time (illustrated by Roz Chast), (New York: Celadon Books, 2020)
- Children's books
- Dot in Larryland: The Big Little Book of an Odd-Sized Friendship, (illustrated by Roz Chast), (New York: Bloomsbury Publishing U.S.A. Children's Books, 2009)
Essays and reporting
- Marx, Patricia . December 8, 2008 . . On and Off the Avenue . The New Yorker. 2014-02-01-->.
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . January 16, 2012 . A bushel and a peck . On and Off the Avenue . The New Yorker. 87 . 44 . 32–36 . 2014-11-10.
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . January 30, 2012 . Me, reading . Shouts & Murmurs . The New Yorker . 87 . 46 . 35.
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . April 16, 2012 . . Dept. of Travel . The New Yorker . 88 . 9 . 50–55 . 2 May 2014-->. [7]
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . January 14, 2013 . Outsource yourself : the online way to delegate your chores . On and Off the Avenue . The New Yorker. 88 . 43 . 32–35 . 2015-01-22.
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . March 4, 2013 . Ladies . Shouts & Murmurs . The New Yorker. 89 . 3 . 35 . 2015-05-07.
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . March 25, 2013 . Patagonia . Goings on About Town. On and Off the Avenue . The New Yorker. 89 . 6 . 34 . 2015-09-05.
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . August 5, 2013 . Free and the brave . Goings on About Town. On and Off the Avenue . The New Yorker . 89 . 23 . 9 .
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . 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 .
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . 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 . 2014-12-22.
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . March 23, 2015 . About face : why is South Korea the world's plastic-surgery capital? . Letter from Seoul . The New Yorker . 91 . 5 . 50–55 . [8]
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . May 27, 2019 . 23 and him . Shouts & Murmurs . The New Yorker . 95 . 14 . 31 .
- Marx, Patricia . 1 . September 7, 2020 . . The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Swaps . The New Yorker . 96 . 26 . 21–22 . 2021-07-25-->. [9]
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
- News: Patricia Marx on Hazing, The New Yorker, and TV Eyebrows . usurped . . Bello . Grace . August 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607031743/https://www.thehairpin.com/2011/08/patricia-marx-on-hazing-the-new-yorker-and-tv-eyebrows/ . June 7, 2023 . July 14, 2012. (interview with Patricia Marx)
- News: Just Dump Him Already . . Broyard . Bliss . 2007-01-14 . 2007-01-26. (review of Her Him Again the End of Him)
- The Beginning of Her . . Franklin . Nancy . 2007-01-15 . 2007-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070126012836/http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/articles/070115on_onlineonly01 . 2007-01-26.
Notes and References
- From the endpaper of Starting from Happy; she teaches Screenwriting.
- Contributors: Patricia Marx. The New Yorker. 22 May 2009.
- News: Women in Love . . Kipnis . Laura . 2007-01-24 . 2007-01-26.
- News: Lampoon Admits First Two Women. Kinsley. Susan F. The Harvard Crimson. 1971-12-10. 2007-01-25.
- The Starting from Happy endpaper states that she was the first woman to be elected to the Harvard Lampoon.
- Web site: MFAW-VT, Visiting Writers Profiles. 2006-09-19. 2007-02-01. Goddard College.
- Couch-surfing the globe.
- Online version is titled "The world capital of plastic surgery".
- Online version is titled "The joys of looking out a stranger's window".