24/08/2026
The next poet we want to introduce is no stranger, but a familiar face at our events. We love to introduce to you Joseph Hoffman!
Joseph lives in Maastricht with his whimsical, wise, and wonderful wife, Lizzie, and their two cats, Clue and Finnley.
He is a patchwork person, knitted together from different places, identities, communities, and influences. Born in New Mexico, he grew up between Colorado, Kansas, and a rural town in the Oklahoma Panhandle, where he played basketball, lived on a farm, raised sheep, listened to metal, and was definitely an emo kid. His life and work have since taken him to Bangladesh, Colorado, Afghanistan, and eventually to Maastricht, which he now calls home.
Joseph is a founding member and student pastor at Thuis, a home away from home for university students, and a university chaplain at The InnBetween Student Chaplaincy. Much of his work revolves around creating spaces of belonging, spirituality, creativity, and connection where people can be seen, known, and loved as they are. He believes that connection, art, creativity, and vulnerability can help us heal, find hope, and imagine a more caring world together.
He has had a love-hate relationship with writing and the arts for most of his life, but recently found his way into poetry and spoken word after attending a creative writing workshop led by Cristiana from Puss Poetry.
His writing explores spirituality, hope, belonging, identity, mental health, social change, and peace. Through writing and performing, Joseph hopes to invite people to find beauty in unexpected places, and to make room for their own difficult questions and experiences, discovering that even in the darkness, there are still reasons to hope.
2nd september
20:15
Free entry and open stage
At Restaurant De Brandweerkantine
