Patricia Marx (humorist)

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Patricia Marx
Born Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
  • Humorist
  • writer
NationalityAmerican
Education Harvard University (BA)

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]

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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
Humor
Children's books

Essays and reporting

References

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

  1. From the endpaper of Starting from Happy; she teaches Screenwriting.
  2. "Contributors: Patricia Marx". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  3. Kipnis, Laura (2007-01-24). "Women in Love". Slate . Retrieved 2007-01-26.
  4. Kinsley, Susan F (1971-12-10). "Lampoon Admits First Two Women". The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  5. The Starting from Happy endpaper states that she was the first woman to be elected to the Harvard Lampoon.
  6. "MFAW-VT, Visiting Writers Profiles". Goddard College. 2006-09-19. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  7. Couch-surfing the globe.
  8. Online version is titled "The world capital of plastic surgery".
  9. Online version is titled "The joys of looking out a stranger's window".