Marion Winik
Host, The Weekly ReaderLongtime All Things Considered commentator (1991-2006) Marion Winik is the host of The Weekly Reader radio show and podcast. She reviews books for Newsday, People, Kirkus Review and other venues and is a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the author of First Comes Love, The Glen Rock Book of the Dead and seven other books. Her Bohemian Rhapsody column at BaltimoreFishbowl.com has received the "Best Column" and "Best Humorist" awards from Baltimore Magazine, and her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Sun and many other publications. She is a professor in the MFA program at the University of Baltimore. She has appeared on Today, Politically Incorrect and Oprah. Other honors include an NEA Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction, and the yearly "Best Local Writer" Award from the Austin Chronicle from 1993 - 1997. More info at marionwinik.com.
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Fables and fairytales are often more than just great stories.
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Two great new memoirs to listen to.
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The highs and lows of the International Art World.
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What makes an activist?
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Stories about life during a worldwide pandemic.
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Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina Rule."
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Who gets to decide who we love, or why?
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When is the last time you had a real adventure?