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An Interview with Alexis KahnFebruary 12, 2012
This morning I had breakfast with family at ABV, the new wine bar that my sister-in-law Alexis Kahn recently opened in East Harlem on 97th and Lexington. Most people know Alexis from her work as a sommelier or from her work at the French Culinary Institute. Not so many people know that she started out as (more…)
So Much Pretty in the UKFebruary 2, 2012
Today So Much Pretty comes out in the UK and this means a lot to me.
London was my first escape when I was a teenager and had grand dreams of expatriation. But it was ultimately too expensive to live there, even hitch hiking around and living in a youth hostel eating only toast (more…) You Can Go Home AgainJanuary 6, 2012 
sledding with the G4 crew at Goddard
On January 11, I get to be Goddard’s Visiting Writer. For the sake of full disclosure you should know I made it my goal to (more…) Fighting for the 100 PercentDecember 22, 2011
This week I was interviewed by Ryan King for the great environmental news site Mongabay as part of their series of talks with environmental journalists. There's an excerpt below but you can read the whole thing on Mongabay by clicking on the photo.
Ryan King: What is your background and interest in environmental and radical journalism and writing? Cara Hoffman: I began writing about environmental politics for a small rustbelt newspaper in the 90s, and quickly became educated in the ways corporations destroyed the health of entire communities. (more…) How do Atheists and Families of Two Celebrate Christmas?December 19, 2011 
E. and me at my sister-in-law's bar.
At some point R., my nerdy other half will come over and (more…) Anarchy in the UK...November 21, 2011 
And I'm happy to give you a peek at the lovely cover. The American FallOctober 13, 2011
I’ve spent a good deal of time the last few weeks in lower Manhattan’s Liberty Plaza taking part in the Occupy Wall Street Protests and watching what was, in late September, a small group of mostly students, turn into a large, diverse and well organized group that has widespread popular support and has spawned marches for equity and economic justice in one thousand other cities. (more…)
September 25, 2011 
I’ve been finishing up my second novel and getting it ready to send to my editor, going on vacation with family and helping my kid move back into school. I’m now at a writer’s residency on Martha’s Vineyard, where it’s (more…) The Boys from County HellJuly 17, 2011 This summer I'm going to the shore with family. It's been a while since I've hung out with both of my brothers and I thought it was a good time to revisit this essay on fraternity: Recently a friend who’s been reading my blog asked why I only write about the things I think and not about things I do or stories about my life. It’s a good question. And while the obvious answer is that I’m trying to maintain some privacy, the bigger picture is (more…) Seeing YellowJune 29, 2011 
This is something I don’t think about that much even though it makes my experience in the world significantly different from that of color sighted people. I have severe deuternopia—a kind of red/green colorblindness. This makes things like (more…) |
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