The Weight of the Minolta in Her Hand

<p>The Weight of the Minolta in Her Hand by Marianna Hofer is a book of poems written from the perspective of a poet who is also a photographer. The poems suspend brief moments evoking all the backstory that surrounds and informs them. Like waiting for a photograph to be developed layers of details and their meanings appear before the reader’s eyes. The poems are alternately nostalgic and hopeful revealing life’s moments as if captured by a flashbulb having been poised waiting to be perfectly composed in ideal light.</p>