Kelly Hoffer

Helen Zell Visiting Professor in Creative Writing
she/her

khoffer@umich.edu

Office Information:

Angell Hall 3132
hours: Wednesdays 2-4pm, and by appointment

MFA Faculty; English; Helen Zell Writers' Program

Education/Degree:

M.F.A. Poetry, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Ph. D. Literatures in English, Cornell University

About

Kelly Hoffer is a poet and book artist. Her debut collection of poetry, UNDERSHORE (2023), was selected by Diana Khoi Nguyen as the winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize. Her second book of poems, Fire Series is forthcoming as part of the Pitt Poetry Series in 2026. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, TAGVVERK, American Chordata, Denver Quarterly, Mississippi Review, Prelude, and Second Factory among others. Her scholarly essays and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Jacket2, Henry James Review, Cultural Critique, and Post45.

Current Courses

ENGLISH 675-002
Creative Writing Project - Thesis

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