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Patricia Marx

Patricia Marx
Photographed by Robert Adam Mayer at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Patricia Marx

Patricia Marx is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a former writer for Saturday Night Live. She is the author of several books, including the novel Him Her Him Again The End of Him, which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for Humor. Marx was the first woman elected to the Harvard Lampoon. Starting in the fall of 2011, she will teach screenwriting at Princeton University. She can take a baked potato out of the oven with her bare hand.

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Starting from Happy will be released on March 13, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Mar 13, 2012
Starting from Happy is now available in Trade Paperback
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Brightcove:
STARTING FROM HAPPY
Feb 24, 2012
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Sep 07, 2011
Starting from Happy will be released on August 23, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
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Starting from Happy is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Aug 23, 2011
Brightcove:
When Wally Met Imogene
Aug 18, 2011
Him Her Him Again The End of Him will be released on January 01, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Revealing Reads: The 'Smiling Woman,' The Songwriter And The Sleuth
NPR, March 28, 2012
...and nonfiction releases from Cara Hoffman, Robert Baer, Adam Hochschild and Billy Collins. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Patricia Marx, Meg Wolitzer, Samuel Park and James Gleick. Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the...
New In Paperback March 26-April 1
NPR, March 28, 2012
...and nonfiction releases from Cara Hoffman, Robert Baer, Adam Hochschild and Billy Collins. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Patricia Marx, Meg Wolitzer, Samuel Park and James Gleick. Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the...
Digging Deep: Covert Affairs, Obscure Verses, And Unresolved Emotions
NPR, March 21, 2012
...and nonfiction releases from Cara Hoffman, Robert Baer, Adam Hochschild and Billy Collins. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Patricia Marx, Meg Wolitzer, Samuel Park and James Gleick. Fiction and nonfiction releases from T.C. Boyle, Mary Doria Russell...
New In Paperback March 19-25
NPR, March 21, 2012
...and nonfiction releases from Cara Hoffman, Robert Baer, Adam Hochschild and Billy Collins. Fiction and nonfiction releases from Patricia Marx, Meg Wolitzer, Samuel Park and James Gleick. Fiction and nonfiction releases from T.C. Boyle, Mary Doria Russell...
Mind Bending: Understanding Information, Consciousness, And Memory
NPR, March 15, 2012
...If you start reading Patricia Marx's new novel in public, you might just find yourself snorting out loud — with some explaining to do. The book, Starting from Happy, is a sharp-edged love story...
New In Paperback March 12-18
Wyoming Public Radio, March 15, 2012
...Novelists Patricia Marx and Meg Wolitzer take a fresh look at romance, while Samuel Park explores how its fallout leads to an unlikely immigration trajectory for his Korean heroine. In nonfiction, James...
New In Paperback March 12-18
WRTI 90.1 FM, March 14, 2012
...Novelists Patricia Marx and Meg Wolitzer take a fresh look at romance, while Samuel Park explores how its fallout leads to an unlikely immigration trajectory for his Korean heroine. In nonfiction, James...
Mind Bending: Understanding Information, Consciousness, And Memory
NPR, March 15, 2012
...If you start reading Patricia Marx's new novel in public, you might just find yourself snorting out loud — with some explaining to do. The book, Starting from Happy, is a sharp-edged love story...
New In Paperback March 12-18
Wyoming Public Radio, March 15, 2012
...Novelists Patricia Marx and Meg Wolitzer take a fresh look at romance, while Samuel Park explores how its fallout leads to an unlikely immigration trajectory for his Korean heroine. In nonfiction, James...
New In Paperback March 12-18
WRTI 90.1 FM, March 14, 2012
...Novelists Patricia Marx and Meg Wolitzer take a fresh look at romance, while Samuel Park explores how its fallout leads to an unlikely immigration trajectory for his Korean heroine. In nonfiction, James...
New In Paperback March 12-18
WNIJ, March 14, 2012
...Novelists Patricia Marx and Meg Wolitzer take a fresh look at romance, while Samuel Park explores how its fallout leads to an unlikely immigration trajectory for his Korean heroine. In nonfiction, James...
New In Paperback March 12-18
Delmarva Public Radio, March 14, 2012
...Novelists Patricia Marx and Meg Wolitzer take a fresh look at romance, while Samuel Park explores how its fallout leads to an unlikely immigration trajectory for his Korean heroine. In nonfiction, James...
New In Paperback March 12-18
KTEP 88.5 FM, March 14, 2012
...Novelists Patricia Marx and Meg Wolitzer take a fresh look at romance, while Samuel Park explores how its fallout leads to an unlikely immigration trajectory for his Korean heroine. In nonfiction, James...
New In Paperback March 12-18
NPR, March 14, 2012
...If you start reading Patricia Marx's new novel in public, you might just find yourself snorting out loud — with some explaining to do. The book, Starting from Happy, is a sharp-edged love story...