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. Poems have appeared in Electric Literature, The Believer, Image, Smartish Pace, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Madison, WI.

Website: www.cynthiamariehoffman.com

Twitter Username: @CynthiaMHoffman

Publications

• Exploding Head , Persea Books (February 6, 2024)
• Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones , Persea Books (July 10, 2018)
• Paper Doll Fetus , Persea Books (December 2014)
• Sightseer , Persea Books (April 2011)

Awards

• Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Artist Grant in Literary Arts(2011)
• Director’s Guest Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri Center(2011)
• Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, Persea Books(2010)
• Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing(2004)

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from George Mason University (May 2003)

Genres of Interest

Creative nonfiction, Poetry