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Adjunct Professor of English Carlie Hoffman, MFA, Wins National Jewish Book Award
Adjunct Professor of English Carlie Hoffman, MFA, received a for her poetry collection entitled
Hoffman was awarded the Berru Award in Poetry in Memory of Ruth and Bernie Weinflash. Now in its 73rd year, the National Jewish Book Awards is a prestigious and long-running program of the National Jewish Council. This year, more than 100 judges reviewed over 650 submissions.
When There Was Light is Hoffman鈥檚 second published poetry collection, following her debut , and explores themes of identity, heritage, family, and loss.
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鈥淐arlie Hoffman鈥檚 When There Was Light shows a mastery of thinking through language,鈥 said Sean Singer, National Jewish Book Award judge. 鈥When There Was Light adds to Jewish poetics not only in its subjects, but in its system of thought: an area of doubts, wishes, and possibilities.鈥
Hoffman won a Northern California Publishers and Authors Gold Award in Poetry for This Alaska and was a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award. She鈥檚 also received a 92Y/Discovery Prize and an Amy Award from Poets & Writers.
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