Since Katherine's appearance in a Sunday New York Times Style piece on October 31, 2010, "The Great Unwashed," about the demise of the daily shower, she has been booked to appear on Irish, American and Canadian radio — everyone wants to hear how the woman who styled herself (jokingly) as "Dirty Katherine" still gets invited to dinner parties! Seriously, the article is a good survey of a new skepticism arising in the U.S. about the "gold standard" of a daily shower and deodorant.

Notes from Readers: Margaret Trudeau, in her new memoir, Changing My Mind, writes about The Mourner's Dance as "a book I cherish." Bill Bryson, in his new book, At Home, makes extensive use of The Dirt on Clean (which he describes as "sparkling") in his chapter about the evolution of the bathroom.

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