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Cynthia Marie Hoffman
Cynthia Marie Hoffman was first chair in her high-school classical-guitar ensemble but has since traded her musical knowledge for the music of words. Her newest book is Exploding Head, a memoir about obsessive-compulsive disorder. She lives in Wisconsin.
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
The Beast in Your Head
We started swerving across the double line, back and forth, up hills where the headlights beamed into the canopy of the forest, leaving a pocket of darkness below, an open mouth from which an oncoming car could spit forth at any moment. I clutched the driver’s seat in front of me, bracing for impact. But each time, the car settled back onto the road, and we sped downhill again. And then there was nothing in the windshield but trees.
August 2024
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