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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:02:05 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Observations | Claire Hoffman</title><subtitle>Recent Work</subtitle><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-07-23T20:08:13Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>RIP Amy</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/rip-amy.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/rip-amy.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2011-07-23T20:04:38Z</published><updated>2011-07-23T20:04:38Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>A really sad and not surprising end to t<a href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/storage/Up All Night With Amy Winehouse _ Rolling Stone.pdf">his story&#8230;</a></p>
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]]></content></entry><entry><title>Hayden Panettiere Wants to Be Alone</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/hayden-panettiere-wants-to-be-alone.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/hayden-panettiere-wants-to-be-alone.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2009-07-22T03:51:28Z</published><updated>2009-07-22T03:51:28Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a short little piece I did for Details magazine on young starlet Hayden Panettiere.<span > </span><a  href="http://men.style.com/details/features/landing?id=content_9718"><span >Check it out.</span></a></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>The New Boss for This American Life</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/the-new-boss-for-this-american-life.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/the-new-boss-for-this-american-life.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2009-07-22T03:43:44Z</published><updated>2009-07-22T03:43:44Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>I did this radio piece for This American Life at the beginning of the year on the triumphs and travails of a regular old accountant who was sent by the state of Utah to work with the polygamist Mormons in Southern Utah. There are triumphs and there are travails, <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1281"><span>so listen here.</span></a><span>&nbsp;</span></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>An Apology and Soup with Prince</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/an-apology-and-soup-with-prince.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/an-apology-and-soup-with-prince.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2009-07-22T03:39:50Z</published><updated>2009-07-22T03:39:50Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>I have been really negligent in updating this website and for that I apologize. My excuse? Moving twice, starting a new teaching job, falling in love, getting a puppy, getting engaged, and now getting married. But I promise to do better. Now, I &nbsp;wrote this piece, awhile back, about a little visit I paid to Prince for the New Yorker. <a  href="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/11/24/081124ta_talk_hoffman">Read it here!</a></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>Barely Legal</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/barely-legal.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/barely-legal.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2008-10-17T19:59:05Z</published><updated>2008-10-17T19:59:05Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>I have a new cover story out in Portfolio magazine on American Apparel and the year founder, Dov Charney, spent living in frantic dread that his massive clothing company would be shut down for employing illegal immigrants. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2008/10/15/American-Apparel-CEO-Charney-Profile">Read it here&#8230;</a></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>My night with Amy Winehouse</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/my-night-with-amy-winehouse.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/my-night-with-amy-winehouse.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2008-06-26T18:06:22Z</published><updated>2008-06-26T18:06:22Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>I have a story out in the new Rolling Stone about my madcap night with Amy Winehouse, where we talk about tanning beds, the Shangri-las, beer, crack and above all her deep wild love of her husband Blake. <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/21471244/up_all_night_with_amy_winehouse">Check it out&#8230;</a></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>New Story in Rolling Stone on Facebook</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/new-story-in-rolling-stone-on-facebook.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/new-story-in-rolling-stone-on-facebook.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2008-06-19T16:19:34Z</published><updated>2008-06-19T16:19:34Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/21129674/the_battle_for_facebook">my latest article in Rolling Stone</a> on the Battle Over Facebook, detailing the contested origins of one of the world&#8217;s most popular websites.  Enjoy.</p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>Satan's Accountant</title><category term="News"/><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/satans-accountant.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/satans-accountant.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2008-05-12T16:18:12Z</published><updated>2008-05-12T16:18:12Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my <a href="http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/05/12/Profile-of-Polygamist-Sects-Lawyer" target="_blank">latest story for Portfolio</a> on the polygamist Mormons for the June issue. The story focuses on the state-appointed accountant who was sent in to reorganize the finances of the polygamists three years ago when Warren Jeffs left them in a bind.</p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>Under God, my new blog</title><id>http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/under-god-my-new-blog.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.clairehoffman.com/recent-work/under-god-my-new-blog.html"/><author><name>Claire Hoffman</name></author><published>2008-01-16T18:49:29Z</published><updated>2008-01-16T18:49:29Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>I recently started a blog for the Washington Post website on religion called <a target="_blank" href="http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/">Under God</a>. Come, check it out, bookmark me and be a part of the magic.</p>
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