5 ways to find your next favorite book — Even if you read 100 books in a year—and you can!—that’s still only a tiny fraction of what’s being published. And if you’ve been in a reading rut, it can be hard to know where to start. I know a bit about recommending books — I host a literary podcast…

You will waste your time, but not how you expect to. There will be lazy weekend mornings that turn into pajamaed-afternoons of reading in…

*I wrote this piece in 2013. I was told to hold on to it, to wait until the anger dissipated. It never did. Please don’t congratulate me on my weight loss. I like to think I’ve accomplished many praiseworthy things in my life, but this is not one of them…

It was a bleak day at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, New Jersey. My unsuccessful shopping trip had culminated in a tearful meltdown in the Macy’s dressing room, as they often did in those days. I cried from the shame of being trapped in this too short, underdeveloped body, which…

TV relationships are risky business. Meet six couples who made their relationships work — What happens when a chemistry experiment goes awry? Last season on New Girl, Nick and Jess flirted and sighed and eyed each other longingly, and we all held our collective breath and waited to see some Sam-and-Diane-style resolution. Which brings us to season three of New Girl, when the age-old…

“Game of Thrones is a show for Star Wars fans who thought Princess Leia should’ve been raped. Or at least that she should’ve been shown fucking Han Solo.” That’s how I recently summed up my impression of the HBO fantasy series based on George R.R. Martin’s bestselling books after a…