Our Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community, and the Natural World contains the personal papers of some of the most prominent writers on the natural world. This April 20th through 22nd, we're hosting the annual Sowell Collection Conference, featuring scholarly papers and panels on many of the Sowell writers, such as such as Paul Gruchow.
Paul Gruchow was raised on a small, subsistence farm near Montevideo, Minnesota. He is the author of six published books on subjects ranging from the culture of the tall grass prairie, to what we teach (and fail to teach) rural children--work widely acclaimed for its lyrical prose and eloquence. A respected and inspiring educator, Paul’s writer in residence involvements included numerous institutions, among them the University of Minnesota and the Lake Superior Studies Program. He won the Minnesota Book Award for three books, including Boundary Water: The Grace of the Wild and Grass Roots: The Universe of Home. He also edited The Worthington Globe--an award winning newspaper.
Read a little more on other Sowell natural history authors over here.
