The hosts get familiar with the poetry of three Hof(f)man(n)s--Carlie, Michael, and Richie.Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.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 CenturyRead 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 AdamRichie 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

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