The Book Shelf

Multiple authors will be here to present their work from the Rural American Writers' Center. The Rural America Writers’ Center of Plainview, Minnesota, states that its mission, in part, is “to provide activities and programs so that writers may develop their individual and collective creative abilities and skills, and to enhance the culture of rural and small town America….” The Center is accomplishing these goals, admirably.   Poetry writing and creative non-fiction classes are offered along with workshops led by established writer/teachers like Gary Holthaus, Ken McCullough, John Rezmerski and Emilio Degrazia.  One of the Centers' "Writer's Helping Writers" workshops was lucky enough to have the late Bill Holm give the keynote speech and "play the black piano".