11/2/2026: I have a new column up on Baltimore Fishbowl, Assisted Living for Beginners, with two drawings and some lines that I hope will make you laugh. 

11/2/2026: Recent literary coverage:

• Feel-Good Reading, on Oprah Daily
• Best Books of Fall, on Oprah Daily
• Interview with an Architect, on Baltimore Fishbowl
• Julie Orringer’s Luna Phoenix Queen, Boston Globe
• Mary Beth Keane’s Whale Harbor, Boston Globe
• Chris Bohjalian’s The Amateur, Boston Globe
• For Newsday: Fall Preview, Long Island Girls, Kevin Wade, Alice Hoffman, and A Jew in the Woods 
• Wonderful article by Suzy Dunn about how Ann Patchett shouted out The Big Book of the Dead on Instagram.

7/27/2026: Doglover's special: Wally and I are back from our amazing transatlantic journey to Spain. It was great, though not exactly smooth sailing. Part I is here, and Part II is here. 

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.

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