Cara Hoffman

Bio:

Cara Hoffman is the author of the critically acclaimed So Much Pretty. Her second novel, Be Safe I Love You, was named one of the Five Best Modern War Novels by the U.K. Sunday Telegraph. Hoffman is the recipient of a number of awards, including a New York State Foundation for the Arts fellowship for her work on the aesthetics of violence. She has been a visiting writer at St. John's, Columbia, and Oxford universities. Her essays have appeared on National Public Radio and in The New York Times.

WMC Women Under Siege
July 18, 2014 | Cara Hoffman | Violence against women
Giving women a fair fight in the US military
It’s unfathomable to think that in 2014 half the global population will be prevented from a full range of occupations because of their gender. This kind of prejudice is broadly seen as a throwback to a distant and unenlightened era—which is why the findings of a recent study of the best U.S. colleges was surprising to many.
WMC Live
May 09, 2014 | Jackie Kallen, Cara Hoffman, Carly Smith, Jennifer Freyd, PhD | Politics, Robin Morgan, Violence against women
WMC Live #82: Cara Hoffman, Jackie Kallen, Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith. (Original Airdate 5/10/2014)

Robin on the mass abduction of Nigerian girls. Guests: “First Lady of Boxing” Jackie Kallen; Cara Hoffman on her new novel of women veterans’ PTSD; Jennifer Freyd and Carly Smith on their major study of campus assaults and “institutional betrayal.

WMC Women Under Siege
October 08, 2012 | Cara Hoffman | Feminism, International, Violence against women
No more moments of silence: How do we get from 'Take Back the Night' to 'Taking Down Rape Culture'?
On October 4, I gave the keynote address at St. John’s University in Queens, New York, for “Take Back the Night,” an international yearly march that began in the 1970s to protest violence against women. This is a version of that address.
WMC Women Under Siege
April 27, 2012 | Cara Hoffman | International, Media, Violence against women
Going down the rabbit hole: Cara Hoffman interviews Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe
What can women do right now to get involved in ending violence against women? How do you deal with feelings of discouragement and anger in this work? Cara Hoffman, author of So Much Pretty (Simon & Schuster) speaks with Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe about this and more.
WMC Women Under Siege
February 22, 2012 | Cara Hoffman | Feminism, Media, Violence against women
Bringing the war home: How perpetrators from the U.S. to DRC get away with rape

I worked for many years as a reporter in upstate New York, where I covered local news like school board meetings and did features on things like watercolor exhibits at one-room libraries in one-traffic-light villages.

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