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Jane Smiley: 'I couldn't finish Philip Roth's 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 their relationship. The book that changed my lifeA lot of books made me want to be a writer, but

5 budgeting tips for travel — even if we can’t go anywhere yet Natalie Compton © iStock/Washington Post illustration So far 2021 hasn’t provided the fresh reset we were all hoping for, but the year may still inspire people to start healthy new habits. And for those with the privilege to do it, budgeting for future trips could be that new habit. Popular Searches Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst and author of the book “The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money: Thirteen Ways to Right Your Financial Wrongs,” says that while everyone wants an eas...

© Getty Images / Michael M. Santiago; REUTERS / Mike Segar; REUTERS / Nathan Howard (L) Statue of "Medusa With The Head of Perseus" by Luciano Garbat. (C) "Black Lives Matter" mural along 5th Avenue outside Trump Tower. (R) A nude protester, 'Naked Athena' faces off against Federal law enforcement officers. Instead of contributing some semblance of balance and sanity to the weird woke world we have inherited, artists have jumped on the social justice bandwagon with reckless abandon, lending credence to many crazy ideas. Here they are, the outrageous masterpieces of woke culture that contam...

Select Page Fainting Couch Feminists Episode 70: The Horror of Sweetness: Mona Awad Talks Performing Cuteness and Power in ‘Bunny’ Author Mona Awad (Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Bunny) chats with Mica about her new book and the various ways women perform sweetness—and for what reasons. Do we want power? Protection? A way to seduce? Or simply an exit strategy from an uncomfortable conversation? All of the above? Mona Awad is the author of Thirteen Ways of Looking At A Fat Girl as well as the new bestseller, Bunny, which dives into the sweet horror of mean-girl-groups in a trul...