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Assistant Professor, Creative Nonfiction

Visiting Faculty, Creative Nonfiction

Adjunct Professor, Creative Writing, Magazine Writing

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Brroklyn College of the City University of New York
B.A., Brown University

Marion Winik is the author of nine books, including The Big Book of the Dead (Counterpoint, 2019) and First Comes Love (Pantheon, 1996). Her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Sun, and elsewhere; her column at BaltimoreFishbowl.com has been running since 2011. A professor at the University of Baltimore, she reviews books for The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and People, among others, and hosts the NPR podcast The Weekly Reader. She was a commentator on All Things Considered for fifteen years. She is the recipient of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Service Award.

Bibliography
ABOVE US ONLY SKY (Counterpoint, 2020; Seal Press, 2005)
THE BIG BOOK OF THE DEAD (Counterpoint, 2019)
THE BALTIMORE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Counterpoint, 2018)
HIGHS IN THE LOW FIFTIES (Globe Pequot Press, 2013)
THE GLEN ROCK BOOK OF THE DEAD (Counterpoint, 2008)
RULES FOR THE UNRULY (Simon and Schuster, 2001)
THE LUNCH-BOX CHRONICLES (Pantheon, 1998)
FIRST COMES LOVE (Pantheon, 1996)
TELLING (Villard, 1994)
BOYCRAZY (Slough Press, 1985)
NONSTOP (Cedar Rock, 1981)

Creative nonfiction, journalism

Intellectual Contributions

Conference Proceedings

Winik, M., & Leyva, S. (2024). The Life Changing Power of Memoir.

Non-Refereed Journal Articles

Winik, M. (2024). How to Read a Memoir. The Hopkins Review. 17(3), 43-51.