Just loved this interview. Cynthia Marie Hoffman’s work is powerful. I appreciated the mix of talk re craft (how she arranged the arc of her manuscript as well as her choice of prose poetry vs line poetry) and approach to her subject matter (when she felt ready to write about her experience with OCD, when she relies on her own experience and when she chooses to include research in her process). Ms. Hoffman says writing about OCD may not have helped her but it sounds like writing about the angel she’s encountered since childhood was unwittingly helpful.
Just loved this interview. Cynthia Marie Hoffman’s work is powerful. I appreciated the mix of talk re craft (how she arranged the arc of her manuscript as well as her choice of prose poetry vs line poetry) and approach to her subject matter (when she felt ready to write about her experience with OCD, when she relies on her own experience and when she chooses to include research in her process). Ms. Hoffman says writing about OCD may not have helped her but it sounds like writing about the angel she’s encountered since childhood was unwittingly helpful.