Reading: Cynthia Marie Hoffman

Thu Apr 23 2026 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm UTC-05:00

Curtin Hall | Milwaukee

Woodland Pattern Book Center
Publisher/HostWoodland Pattern Book Center
Reading: Cynthia Marie Hoffman
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Join Cynthia Marie Hoffman as she reads from Exploding Head, a memoir in prose poems about her lifelong journey with OCD.
About this Event

@UWM in Curtin Hall, Room 175

Join Cynthia Marie Hoffman as she reads from Exploding Head, a memoir in prose poems about her lifelong journey with OCD. 

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 have appeared in TIME, The Sun, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. Poems have appeared in Electric Literature, The Believer, the Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. www.cynthiamariehoffman.com.

Sponsored by the Boudreaux Foundation, the UWM English Department, and Woodland Pattern. 

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Curtin Hall, 3243 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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