Mark Gustafson, Minneapolis-based biographer of poet, translator and men's movement founder Robert Bly, launches “Sowing Seeds: The Minnesota Literary Renaissance & Robert Bly, 1958-1980” this week. Gustafson, who first attended a Bly reading in 1972 as a student at St Olaf College in Northfield, offers a wide-ranging examination of Bly's influence on poetry and how he pr ...
Mary Ann Grossmann is a journalist and writer based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. She writes for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and her work has also been featured in publications such as the Greeley Tribune, Hastings Tribune Newspaper, and Yahoo News. Mary Ann covers a range of literary topics, including book reviews, author interviews, and literary events in the local community.