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Ada Calhoun

Ada Calhoun
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Ada Calhoun

Ada Calhoun was the founding editor-in-chief of the award-winning parenting site Babble.com. She is the co-author of Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making it Work, and has written for The New York Times, New York magazine, the New York Post, Salon.com and Time magazine. She lives in New York City with her husband and young son.

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Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible will be released on September 03, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Excerpt:
Introduction from Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible
Sep 16, 2012
Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible will be released on September 11, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 11, 2012
Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Sep 11, 2012
Instinctive Parenting will be released on October 12, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Oct 12, 2010
Instinctive Parenting is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 12, 2010
Instinctive Parenting will be released on March 16, 2010 in
Mar 16, 2010
Instinctive Parenting is now available in
Mar 16, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Instinctive Parenting
Feb 23, 2010

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New York Times, April 5, 2013
...week’s podcast, Mr. Reel talks about “Between Man and Beast”; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; Ada Calhoun discusses Mike Piazza’s memoir; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host...
New York Times, April 5, 2013
...him not to stumble a bit in extra innings? He is, after all, a Hall of Fame-caliber Met. Ada Calhoun, a frequent contributor to the Book Review, is writing a history of St. Marks Place in the East Village...
Anderson Independent-Mail, February 17, 2013
...reading "Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet." With his co-author Ada Calhoun, the charming mentor to fledgling designers on "Project Runway" covers every item of clothing in the western world, from underpants...
Raleigh News & Observer, November 28, 2012
...delve into some of the magazine?s most memorable interviews. ?Tim Gunn?s Fashion Bible,? by Tim Gunn with Ada Calhoun ($28, Gallery): ?In the beginning, God created the heaven and the Earth,? reads the Bible. But in ?Project Runway? mentor Tim Gunn?s...
New York Times, August 23, 2012
...the next generation. If this is what the youth of America are into, the kids are all right. Ada Calhoun is a co-author (with Tim Gunn) of the forthcoming “Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible,” the author of “Instinctive Parenting” and a frequent...
Examiner.com, August 22, 2012
...Chicago. “Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet,” co-written by Gunn and Ada Calhoun goes way beyond retro and takes a historians view of your favorite fashion must haves. Ever wonder why people no longer...
Washington Post, January 4, 2013
...weekend longread, Kevin Drum explains the connection between lead and crime. Mother Jones. Another longread for this weekend: Ada Calhoun examines the political consequences of “do-it-yourself” abortions. The New Republic. The 10 juiciest tidbits...
News-Medical.Net, January 3, 2013
...ending her own pregnancy. But her case could change the trajectory of abortion law in the United States (Ada Calhoun, 12/21). The New York Times: Hispanic Pregnancies Fall In U.S. As Women Choose Smaller Families In 2010, birthrates among all...
Kaiser Health News, January 3, 2013
...ending her own pregnancy. But her case could change the trajectory of abortion law in the United States (Ada Calhoun, 12/21). The New York Times: Hispanic Pregnancies Fall In U.S. As Women Choose Smaller Families In 2010, birthrates among all...
Kaiser Health News, January 3, 2013
...ending her own pregnancy. But her case could change the trajectory of abortion law in the United States (Ada Calhoun, 12/21). The New York Times: Hispanic Pregnancies Fall In U.S. As Women Choose Smaller Families In 2010, birthrates among all...
Daily Beast, January 2, 2013
...Ada Calhoun reports on them: [W]hile obtaining an abortion at a clinic is becoming harder, home abortion has never been easier or safer. In 2012, women have two resources that previous...
Irish Independent, December 29, 2012
...From Tiger Moms to Attachment Moms to No-Nonsense Moms, there is no shortage of advice for stressed-out mothers. Ada Calhoun, a New York mother and writer, has, like Valenti, written an 'anti-parenting' book called Instinctive Parenting, a rational...
Salon, December 28, 2012
...a statute that was initially enacted to protect children from meth labs. According to an April story by Ada Calhoun in the New York Times magazine, about 60 women have been prosecuted under the law, some for using drugs that are more serious and...