<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubaltnews-groundbreaking-memoir-receives-renewed-attention.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>01/05/2026</pubDate><title>Winik's 'Groundbreaking' Memoir Reaches A New Generation </title><description>University of Baltimore Prof. Marion Winik continues to receive accolades for the new edition of her memoir First Comes Love, published 30 years ago at the start of a period of deeply personal books that defined the times. Now, as the book becomes available in both print and audiobook form, and Winik is speaking out about its impact, media critics are talking about its impact and how it reflected popular culture in the 1980s and '90s.</description><author>UBalt News</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/MarionWinikLG.jpg" alt="University of Baltimore writing professor Marion Winik"/></image><image-cap>University of Baltimore Prof. Marion Winik, author of the memoir First Comes Love</image-cap><quote/><quote-name/><quote-info/><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences</tag></tags></item>