Richie Hofmann and Cindy Juyoung Ok on Erotic Turmoil and More

This week, Cindy Juyoung Ok talks with Richie Hofmann, whose latest book is A Hundred Lovers (Knopf, 2022), about the ancient tale of Hermias of Iasos which informs Hofmann’s poem “Dolphin.” The poem appears in the July/August issue of Poetry alongside “Breed Me,” and we’ll hear both on today’s episode. Hofmann and Ok reveal they are both “Cavafy heads,” and Hofmann discusses the influence of Robert Mapplethorpe on his poems, as well as why lineation is one of the “erotic touchstones” of poetry. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Richie Hofmann and Cindy Juyoung Ok on Erotic Turmoil and More is an episode from The Poetry Magazine Podcast by Poetry Foundation.

This episode is 00:52:27 long.

This episode was published on Aug 15, 2023.

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