Linda Hoffmann, an author as fresh and impetuous as the north wind that blows around her nose. On the dike, where she feels at home. She has experienced much in her years of life and has often listened. From all of this, she has plucked feelings, examined them, turned them around, and ultimately put them on paper. Her readers are often surprised to hear that the lyrical self does not always align with the author herself. Her empathy and curiosity are vast, and together with her creativity, they give rise to vivid poetry. Emotional highs alternate with deep lows, yet they usually take a gentle curve and land in the gravel bed of reconciliation.