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Marilyn Gayle Hoff
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Iowa Falls, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation
  • Author
  • songwriter
  • teacher
  • activist
EducationMacalester College (B.A.), Syracuse University (M.A.)
Notable works
  • Dink's Blues (1966)
  • Rose (1968)
  • Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self-Publishing (1980)
  • Free Ride (1991)

Marilyn Gayle Hoff (born 1942), also known as Marilyn Gayle, is an American author, songwriter, teacher, and activist. Her writing includes the novels Dink's Blues, Rose, and Free Ride, as well as the co-authored book Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self-Publishing.

Biography

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Hoff was born in 1942 in Iowa Falls, Iowa.[1] She completed her B.A. from Macalester College in 1964, and an M.A. from Syracuse University in 1968.[1][2]

Career

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Hoff published her first novel, Dink's Blues, in 1966, and her second novel Rose in 1968, both with Harcourt, Brace & World. In 1967, 1968, and 1969, Hoff received Yaddo artist residency grants.[1] In 1967, 1969, and 1970–1971, she had grants to participate in the artist residency program at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation.[1][3] From 1972 through 1978, she wrote and performed songs with feminist and lesbian themes.[2]

Hoff taught classes on women's studies and women's literature at Portland State University from 1973 to 1974.[2] Subsequently she taught for the University of New Mexico in the women's studies department.[4][5] She was hired as a temporary part-time "instructor in women studies" in 1982.[6]

Hoff co-founded the publishing company Godiva Publishing and produced some of her own books, including the co-authored book What Lesbians Do in 1975 and a collection of her songs titled Dyke Music in 1977 that she also illustrated.[1][2] Godiva Publishing was an effort with co-author Barbara McFadyen.[7] While promoting their 1980 book, Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self-Publishing,[8] Hoff led self-publishing workshops at women's studies departments and feminist centers throughout the country.[9] In 1991, Hoff published the novel Free Ride with Firebrand Books.

Hoff currently lives in Taos, New Mexico, as a freelance writer. She often contributes to local papers with her expertise in letters to the editor and editorials.[10]

Activism

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Hoff has been active in social issues, including civil rights, anti-Vietnam war, environmental, peace, and anti-nuclear movements.[2] A major part of her activist work surrounds nuclear power and depleted uranium (DU).[11] She has been an outspoken opponent of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico,[12][13] and the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities.[14] Hoff was involved in state senate and house bills related to DU.[15]

In 2008, she and Jeanne Green created papier-mâché heads of Amy Goodman, Rosa Parks, Winona LaDuke, and Sadako Sasaki for a protest parade in Denver, Colorado, during the Democratic National Convention.[16]

She regularly led programs for Cultural Energy including "LANL Resolution Forum" in January 2018 and "Fracking Jemez" in October 2016.[17]

Hoff has been honored by Love-in-Action Taos in their Fourth of July parade float, called "Unsung heroes procession: activists, whistleblowers and muckrackers."[18]

Published works

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  • Dink's Blues (1966), Harcourt, Brace & World[19]
  • Rose (1968), Harcourt, Brace & World[20]
  • What Lesbians Do (1975), as Marilyn Gayle, co-authored with Barbary Katherine, Godiva Publishing[1]
  • Dyke Music (1977), Godiva Publishing[21]
  • Bring out your own book: low cost self-publishing (1980), co-authored by Barbara McFadyen, Godiva Publishing[22][23]
  • Free Ride (1991), as Marilyn Gayle, Firebrand Books, ISBN 978-1-56341-003-1[24]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Marilyn Hoff". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. June 14, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2022 – via Gale.
  2. ^ a b c d e Love, Barbara; Cott, Nancy F., eds. (2006). "Hoff, Marilyn Gayle". Feminists Who Changed America, 1963–1975. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. p. 217. ISBN 9780252031892.
  3. ^ "Alumni". Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (HWF). Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  4. ^ Perez, Carolyn (February–March 1983). "Women in the Arts". Sister Lode. 4 (3).
  5. ^ University of New Mexico (September 2, 1982). "Women and Creativity' class addresses suppression". New Mexico Daily Lobo. Vol. 87, no. 10. p. 5.
  6. ^ "University of New Mexico Board of Regents Minutes for November 15, 1982". UNM Digital Repository. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Ed. Kay Cassell (November 1980). "Women in Libraries" (PDF). ALA/SRRT Feminist Task Force. p. 3. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  8. ^ Allen, Donna (December 1, 1981). "Editor's Comment on this issue of "Media Report to Women"". Media Report to Women. Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press. p. 2. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  9. ^ "Notices". Sojourner. 6 (3): 23. November 1980 – via JSTOR.
  10. ^ Hoff, Marilyn Gayle (May 10, 2012). "Ask officials to withdraw from LANL coalition". The Taos News.
  11. ^ Schott, Albrecht; Lopez, Damacio; LaForge, John; Hoff, Marilyn (2005). "A Treatise on Military Weapons Containing the Radioactive Material: Depleted Uranium". Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry. 4 (4): 135-161.
  12. ^ Bearzi, James P. "New Mexico Environment Department Hazardous Waste Bureau" (PDF). Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  13. ^ Logan, J R. (February 17, 2011). "Critics demand further review of Los Alamos". The Taos News; Taos, N.M. [Taos, N.M]. pp. A.4. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  14. ^ Matthews, Kay. "Regional Coalition of LANL Communities: It's Time For a New Mission". La Jicarita. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  15. ^ Clark, Virginia L. (March 22, 2007). "VETS ATTACK DEPLETED URANIUM AT TAOS FORUM". The Taos News.
  16. ^ Bornstein, Lisa (August 27, 2008). "Political puppets present gentler face". Rocky Mountain News.
  17. ^ "Listen Links". Cultural Energy: Creating media voices for youth, arts & activism in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. Cultural Energy. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  18. ^ Clark, Virginia L (June 30, 2016). "O say can you see". The Taos News. pp. [1], [2], [3]. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  19. ^ Reviews of Dink's Blues
  20. ^ Reviews of Rose
  21. ^ Review of Dyke Music
    • Miller, Elaine (March 1, 1979). "Songs for Dykes". Lesbian Tide – via EBSCOhost.
  22. ^ Review of Bring out your own book
  23. ^ Greenwood, Phaedra (August 5, 1999). "Fulfilling a dream". The Taos News. pp. [4], [5]. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  24. ^ Reviews of Free Ride
    • "Free Ride". Publishers Weekly. September 30, 1991. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
    • Kuda, Marie (November 15, 1991). "Fiction – Free Ride by Marilyn Gayle". The Booklist. 88 (6): 601.
    • Kenney, Brian (December 15, 1991). "Gayle, Marilyn. Free Ride". Library Journal. 116 (21) – via EBSCOhost.
    • Anonymous (January 1992). "Lesbian Fiction – Free Ride by Marilyn Gayle". Lambda Book Report. 3 (2): 49.
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