Sowing Seeds tells how Minnesota, of all places, came to be host to vibrant literary communities in the 1960s and 70s, fertile ground for the Loft Literary Center, several major independent literary presses, and much else. The benefits of this renaissance are still plain to see all around us.

Mark Gustafson’s previous book was Born Under the Sign of Odin: The Life & Times of Robert Bly’s Little Magazine & Small Press. He lives in South Minneapolis, near the river.