RaveBOMB MagazineFrom the richness of daily life...[Hoffman] constructs a temple to desire’s shifting moods and meditates on the complications of loving and being loved ... Hofmann continues to mine his fascination with the ancient world, classical music, nature, and art ... In A Hundred Lovers, it’s the conquest of the feverishly wanting body that takes center stage ... These new poems are thrillingly, deliciously frank ... The exorcism of shame from gay sexuality and especially penetration is crucial to Hofmann’s project ... The progression of this book, in which lovers turn endlessly towards the speaker and then away, forms a jagged landscape, like the edge of any potsherd looking for its other half ... Hofmann’s use of the past tense in this poem contributes to its elegiac tone and adds poignancy to the final lines.
Garrard Conley
RaveThe Los Angeles Review of Books...[a] stunning debut memoir ... Boy Erased is a gut-punch of a memoir, but the miracle of this book is the generosity with which Conley writes in an effort to understand the circumstances and motivations that led his family to seek the 'cure' ... Conley writes vividly, with intelligence, wit, and genuine empathy. By embracing complexity and compassion, he reclaims his life and reminds us that a story rarely belongs to one person alone.”
