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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Dispatches from a tumultuous American decade. -
Important memoirs from women whose lives have been shaped by literature, politics, and love. -
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Stories about Black women surviving, and thriving, in the latter half of the 20th century. -
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A classic trilogy from a beloved British author. -
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New memoirs from giants of the world of entertainment: Anthony Hopkins, Tim Curry, and Peter Wolf.
