May 12, 2016
Hoffman shares some of the titles and authors that were recommended by invited contributors to the Women's Review of Books, to be on the reading list of the next U.S. President.
April 21, 2016
In her April 21, 2016 lunchtime seminar, Amy Hoffman, M.F.A. read selections from her novel in progress Dot and Ralfie, which centers on a lesbian couple in their late sixties, who are facing some of the dilemmas of aging.
Lunchtime Seminar October 10, 2013 (20:31 min.)
In this presentation, Amy Hoffman, editor-in-chief of Women's Review of Books, read an excerpt from her forthcoming novel, The Off Season.
Lunchtime Seminar October 11, 2012 (38:42 min.)
Reclaiming and reframing history has been even more important for the LGBT movement than it has been for other identity-based movements--because our history and culture is not passed down to us by our families, communities, or the larger culture.
Lunchtime Seminar March 8, 2012 (34:11 min.)
Amy Hoffman, MFA, editor-in-chief of Women's Review of Books, read excerpts from her forthcoming memoir, Lies About My Family. The book deals with issues of continuity and discontinuity between generations, immigration, and family bonds.
October 29, 2009 (26:29 min.)
Lies about My Family is a memoir in progress about Amy Hoffman (M.F.A.)'s grandparentsâ immigration in the early 20th century to the U.S. from Jewish villages in what are now Ukraine and Belarus.