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Jane Smiley: I couldnt finish Philip Roths American Pastoral. I tossed it Jane Smiley The book I am currently reading Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye is set near Duluth, Minnesota, but the scenery Geye gives the reader is the wilderness of Lake Superior and its history of shipping ore from the local mines to factories during the 20th century. A father and son are trying to reconcile before the father dies. It is wonderfully evocative of the characters and the bumpy history of th...

Smell, involuntary memory and COVID-19 Arts & Life editor Carly Taylor describes how reading Proust helped her make sense of her own olfactory distortion after recovering from COVID-19. (Photo: Pexels) on February 3, 2021 It started on New Years Day. I sat down with my family for a steaming dinner of the holiday’s American staples — corned beef, black eyed peas, mashed potatoes and collard greens. It was delicious, except for one thing — the food produced a strange sensation in my nose, i...

Bridge and Tunnel S01E02 1080p WEB H264-GGEZIMDB information:Series information Title: Bridge and Tunnel (2021) Genres: Comedy, Drama Description: This dramedy series set in 1980 revolves around a group of recent college grads setting out to pursue their dreams in Manhattan while still clinging t...

Farrar, Straus and Giroux,586 pp. This article was first published in the June 26, 2008 issue of Sixty pages or so into Ma Jian’s novel Beijing Coma, the hero, Dai Wei, is troubled by the memory of a harrowing anatomy lecture that he attended as a university student. Taught by “a celebrated cardiovascular specialist,” the class observed the dissection of the fresh corpse of a criminal whom the government had just executed (in celebration of National Day) and whose organs had been speed...

  Gold production during the period was 20,622 oz. Overall, a total of 155,859 t of ore grading 4.5 g/t was mined from underground in Q4 compared with 156,391 t of ore grading 4.5 g/t in Q3. A further 44,691 t ore grading 1.4 g/t was mined from open pits in Q4 compared with 38,792 t of ore grading 2.16 g/t in Q3. 181,425 t of ore was milled during the period (Q3: 181,036 t). The ROM stockpile at the end of Q4 was 154,577 t of ore grading 1.31 g/t (up from 120,511 t grading 1.45 g/t...

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment David, Emily, and John talk about the music they listen to when they want to clear their heads. You can tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @SlateGabfest. Tweet us your cocktail chatter using #cocktailchatter. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) The email address for the Political Gabfest is gabfest@slate.com. (Email may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Jocelyn ...

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Why hawthorn is the perfect tree for small gardens, and five varieties to plant  A mystery tree spotted in a Suffolk hedgerow turns out to be the ideal all-rounder for small plots 10 January 2021 • 9:25am A native hawthorn tree on Exmoor. The North American version – commonly known as cockspur – is often seen in gardens Credit: Getty Images  Last year, more than any other, I was asked to recommend a medium-sized tree for a domestic garden, invariably intended as a standalone feature. I ...

We need the COVID jab now January 2, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Advertisement If Britain, America, Canada, Israel, Chile, Belgium, Argentina and many other countries are already rolling out vaccines for COVID-19, why is Australia sitting back and waiting (‘‘New entrant in vaccination race’’, January 1)? When are we going to see some proactive approaches implemented by our national cabinet and scrap leaving it all to individual state governments to deal with? It’s more than time...

comments This story first appeared on Food52, an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home – that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between! Good food is worth a thousand words—sometimes more. In  My Family Recipe, a writer shares the story of a single dish thats meaningful to them and their loved ones. * * * In Marcel Prousts book "In Search of Lost Time," the narrator famously reminisc...