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Peter Brown Hoffmeister

Dec

1

2017

Too Shattered for Mending

Lots of Love for Too Shattered for Mending
by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

Hoffmeister writes a gritty southern gothic novel; even though it takes place in the small town of Pierce, Idaho, the goings-on there would fit snugly in the south. This is technically a young adult book, but so dark it seems a much better fit to tag it as adult literature. Hoffmeister’s characters, cousins Little and …

Apr

20

2016

It Might Make You Cry, but This is the Part Where You Laugh

NW indie booksellers have been on the Peter Hoffmeister bandwagon for years. He’s been a featured guest at their industry tradeshow and NWBL has reviewed and interviewed him numerous times. He’s published a memoir. He’s published an outdoor guide. He’s published an adult novel.

May

29

2013

Let Them Be Eaten By Bears
by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

This is an unusual Face Out, in that it comes from the blog of the author’s literary agent. Sure, she has a stake in celebrating the book’s release, but the story she tells has no bias. It is what it is—which just happens to be a ringing endorsement for the very existence of the book. …

Jun

20

2012

Laux’s American Life in Poetry

Dorianne Laux’s “Family Stories” from her 2000 collection Smoke is this week’s American Life in Poetry featured poem. Laux traded her University of Oregon duck pond for the North Carolina State University wolfpack in 2008, but is currently back in Oregon as part of her MFA teaching gig at Pacific University. She’s the author of five …

Jun

28

2011

3

remarks

The End of Boys by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

“I was happy to read Peter Hoffmeister’s memoir shortly after having read Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III. Both men began as boys who were thoughtful, introverted and reluctant to fight, but, for both, conflicted emotions about their parents drove them to transform themselves physically and mentally for self-protection—and to inflict pain on others. …

Jun

1

2011

1

remark

On Owning Mistakes and Earning Your Due: An Interview with Peter Brown Hoffmeister

Peter Brown Hoffmeister’s debut memoir, The End of Boys, is not an easy read. A boy shouldn’t cower from his family. He shouldn’t feel that every system exists to break him down. He shouldn’t be driven into darkness by a voice in his head. And just as sure, he shouldn’t have half a chance to …

May

2

2011

Capturing a Lonely Story

Loneliness and cold, hard surfaces. There are a lot of each in Peter Brown Hoffmeister’s memoir, The End of Boys, due to hit shelves June 1. Locally shot in the author’s hometown of Eugene (the very scene of his chronicled youth), and featuring just him and his nephew as his younger self, this new book trailer …

Nov

3

2010

The Subversive Peter Brown Hoffmeister

Paper Fort has a great and often funny interview with Eugene author Peter Brown Hoffmeister about his writing process and the path to publication for his forthcoming memoir, The End of Boys, which comes out from Soft Skull this spring. He describes the genesis of the book, tantalizingly, as: “I had this real, true, dark story …

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