"Not many on earth who can slide between
Lou Reed and Erma Bombeck and be
this consistently funny."
-Poe Ballantine

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I Know About a Thousand Things, ed. Naomi Shihab Nye and Marion Winik
Order on Bookshop.org


9/6/25: The end of my Ozempic journey: A Sad Semaglutide Postscript on Baltimore Fishbowl.

9/6/25: The story of a long and nurturing friendship: Ellen, of All People, also on Fishbowl.

9/6/25: Many of my bylined book reviews are behind a paywall. Here's some recent work you can read for free.
• For Fishbowl, interview with Jeannie Vanasco, author of A Silent Treatment
• For Fishbowl, a summer reading guide 
• For Oprah Daily, a fall reading guide
• For Kirkus, juicy audiobook memoirs (Vanity Fair, Facebook, Hollywood)
• For Kirkus, more great audio (Joan Didion, Phil Hanley, Natalia Ginsburg)
• For Kirkus, Gary Shteyngart profile (love him)


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Browse the Bohemian Rhapsody archive — running since 2011 on Baltimore Fishbowl.

Marion's "Lives" columns for The New York Times Magazine: "Grand Theft Litho" and "A Mother of A Certain Age".

An archive of Marion's commentaries for All Things Considered.

Lots more essays and articles in the links archive and work archive.

 


The Weekly Reader on WYPR-FM with Marion Winik and Lisa Morgan
Listen live Wednesdays at 2:33 pm, or play the podcast anytime at The Weekly Reader.