Author and poet Bill Holm says for some strange reason, all anybody does in Marshall, Minnesota, is write books. He has a point. Some of the country's best-known and best-loved writers have come from Marshall and the surrounding area. Frederick Manfred, Robert and Carol Bly, Faith Sullivan, and Tim O'Brien are just a few. Holm lives in the town where he grew up—tiny Minneota, just 20 miles or so northwest of Marshall.
Recommended Reading
Bill Holm recommended a sampling of the best of southwest Minnesota authors.
• Silence in the Snowy Fields, Robert Bly
• Letters from the Country, Carol Bly
• Green Earth, Frederick Manfred
• Grass Roots, Paul Gruchow
• Home from the Field, Leo Dangel
• The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth, Bill Holm
• The Music of Failure, Bill Holm
• South West Minnesota, Ed. Pichaske & Amato
• The Boy's House, Jim Heynen
• The Haymakers, Steve Hoffbeck
