Cynthia Marie Hoffman

Poet

Madison, WI

Wisconsin US

Email:

mariehoff@aol.com

Website:

www.cynthiamariehoffman.com

Author's Bio

Cynthia Marie Hoffman is the author of four collections of poetry: Exploding Head, Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones, Paper Doll Fetus, and Sightseer, all from Persea Books. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the Wisconsin Arts Board. Essays in TIME, The Sun, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. Poems in Electric Literature, The Believer, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Madison, WI. www.cynthiamariehoffman.com.

Education:

George Mason University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Exploding Head (Persea Books, 2024)

Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones (Persea Books, 2018)

Paper Doll Fetus (Persea Books, 2014)

Sightseer (Persea Books, 2011)

Chapbook:

Her Human Costume (Gold Line Press, 2014)

Prizes won:

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Selection (Paper Doll Fetus, November, 2014), Winner of the Annual Writing Contest in Poetry at Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art (2014), Winner of the 2013 Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition (Her Human Costume, 2014), Recipient of a Director’s Guest Fellowship at the Civitella Ranieri Center (2011), Winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry (Sightseer, 2011), Recipient of a Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Artist Grant in Literary Arts (2011), Recipient of a Diane Middlebrook Fellowship in Poetry at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing (2004-05)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania

Raised in:

Springfield, VA

Virginia

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Last update: Apr 01, 2024