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Comedy freaks have known and loved Marc Maron for years.  But it’s his podcast, WTF,  that has completely transformed the world of comedy and comedians.

Mark Bittman is one of our favorite food writers because he makes cooking great meals just so easy.

If you haven’t read any Bellow yet, you will love it and want to read his oeuvre. If you’ve read several of Bellow’s novels, you’ll find this a most enriching read.

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Cairo-based journalist Shereen El Feki explores the changing attitudes of sex and intimacy in the Arab world, in her new book, Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World.