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Claire Hoffman

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Claire Hoffman works as a magazine writer living in Los Angeles, writing for national magazines, covering culture, religion, celebrity, business and whatever else seems interesting. She was formerly a staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone.

She has a masters degree in religion from the University of Chicago, and a masters degree in journalism from Columbia University. She serves on the board of her family foundation, the Goldhirsh Foundation, as well as the Columbia Journalism School. Claire is a native Iowan and has been meditating since she was three years old.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Claire Hoffman I struggle with this for sure and I think the solution is usually a two-front attack--I go for a hike and I use Internet blocking software called Free…moreI struggle with this for sure and I think the solution is usually a two-front attack--I go for a hike and I use Internet blocking software called Freedom. Nature plus no Internet is usually a magic formula.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Claire Hoffman I've had the idea of writing about the community I grew up in and the power of belief to transform reality for a long time. Even in high school we use…moreI've had the idea of writing about the community I grew up in and the power of belief to transform reality for a long time. Even in high school we used to joke that there should be a TV show about our town because it was just such a bizarre collection of people and ideas--aging hippies, uptight new age believers, red necks, farmers, nice regular Midwestern folks, drug addled teenagers and so on.
But after becoming a mother, the story changed for me--I became much more interested in writing about my mother's hopes and ambitions for a utopian world and for us to have this utopian childhood. I felt much more connected to her striving as well as to her failures. I felt them in my own life as a mom. So the book is sort of an aggregation of my thinking about the past and the present, about belief and religion, over the course of several decades.(less)

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	Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson 3.85 avg rating — 1,419 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

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Los Angeles Art Weekend is taking place April 2 through April 5. This four day event highlights the best of what LA has to offer in culture–art, perfo ...more

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For those who have had good literature cross their paths, to share and share alike. Let's converse on ideas and bring back to life the days of the "s ...more

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