The hosts get familiar with the poetry of three Hof(f)man(n)s--Carlie, Michael, and Richie.

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SHOW NOTES:

Visit Carlie Hoffman on the web here. She is the author of three books, most recently One More Like This World (Four Way, 2025).

We read these poems by Carlie:

Point of View Where Orpheus Makes a Pit Stop at a Fortune Teller in St. Germain

The Year Made Out of a Cut in Your Civilization

Panorama After Foreclosure

After Translating the Women of the Twentieth Century

Read more about Michael Hofmann here. He is a Virgo born in Germany to a novelist and a teacher. The Guardian has described him as "arguably the world's most influential translator of German into English."

We read these poems by Michael:

Author, Author

Night

White Noise

Sentence

For Adam

Richie Hofmann is the author of 2 books, in addition to the forthcoming The Bronze Arms (Knopf). Visit his website at https://www.richiehofmann.com. Read his poem "Male Beauty," which we quote in the episode, here.

We read the following poems from Richie:

Breed Me

Arms

Young People

Keys to the City

Things that Are Rare