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A Memento Sent by the World
by
Marianna Hofer
The book is still available via Word Press, Amazon, and Barnes&Nobles online! [It's $19.] Click on the links to the left and you'll be able to order your copy of A Memento Sent by the World. Or visit Main Street News, 501 S Main, Findlay, OH, or my studio, Studio 13 in the Jones Building, 400 1/2 S Main, 2nd Floor to get a copy.
 'the only urban decay girl in town'
Ok, there's fresh poetry from my chapbook and fresh photos. Sorry for the delay in updating--but even when the computer comes back from the shop, there's still a lot of stuff to fix up.
Thanks to everyone who came out to ArtWalk Friday! I don't think I've had that many folks through my studio ever! It was great to see everyone. And thanks for buying art! See you in May for the Spring ArtWalk, which will be the first Friday in May.
About me, by the way:
In the guise of 'the only urban decay girl in town,' I work out of Studio 13 in the Jones Building as a poet and photographer who still writes early drafts by hand and typewriter and uses film cameras--Minolta X-700s, black and white film, and handtints some of the photographs using traditional photo oils. The Jones Building, for the curious, dates from the late 1880's and is now known as home to Findlay's 'Little Bohemia' since the second floor is home to studios for about 12-15 artists, depending on the season.
I've published poems, stories, book reviews, in a variety of small magazines and anthologies, and my photos have hung in a variety of local juried and non juried shows and local eateries and coffeeshops. My book, A Memento Sent by the World, came out in Dec 2008 from Word Press.
The photo at the top of this page is the cover of the book; it's one of my own photographs, taken in an empty studio in the Jones Bldg. The yellow comes from photo oils, which are applied like any paint and leave the photo visible beneath the paint.
This photo, by the way, is me. It's my writer's photograph, taken by Chase Noller using one of my Minoltas. I'm sitting on the Main Street front step of the Jones Building. When my friend Christine had a studio next to me, we would come out here to take a break and watch the world go by. I still do sit here, but it's not really the same.
 Update on second reading: another fine evening. We've never had this many students, or folks in general, at a reading, since the Ohio poetry anthology extravaganza. Everyone had a delightful time, students sat on the floor, there were snacks, and a grand dinner downtown at Waldo's beforehand with English majors, faculty, and a number of writers: myself, Dave Essinger, a fine fiction writer, his mom, Cathy Essinger, whose book, My Dog Does Not Read Plato, is wonderful, and Sharon Hammer Baker, a weaver and multimedia artist and award winning haiku, tanka, and haibun writer.
Update on the first reading:
It was the best reading ever. I can't thank Elaine Bruggeman, the owner of Main Street News and Main Street Deli, enough. She and Miss Nancy at the bookstore, Linda and Josh, who work at the Deli, took care of everything. All I had to do was show up. And we had a wonderful audiance, to the point where they had to go back to the Deli for more chairs. I'd known from the moment the book was accepted that I wanted to read downtown, since so much of the book was written in the studio or has some connection to Findlay, so when Elaine offered her store, I was so grateful.
We sold a good number of books, and there are books at the bookstore, so if you would like a copy, you can visit Main Street News, 501 S Main, or email me or drop by my studio, Studio 13, in the Jones Building.
Thanks to all my friends who've been with me through all the writing and mailing out and now the book itself. Without you, this wouldn't be as wonderful as it is.
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