“Rootstalk: A Prairie Journal of Culture, Science, and the Arts,” is a multimedia, interdisciplinary journal published by Grinnell College’s Center for Prairie Studies. The glossy-paged publication full of photos was first produced in the spring of 2015. The mission of the journal is “…to foster a forum for creative expression, commentary, and scholarship that will…
The monthly meeting of the Mayflower Poetry Club was held on Monday, May 13th. It was a special commemorative session in remembrance of founding member, Alex Moffett, who died in 2009 at the age of 103. The tradition of the Club is that each member brings a poem they have written plus one by another…
After the initial group of 12 writers mixed a little wine with their writing and Betty Moffett’s guidance, nine Mayflower Community residents are back at it. The group meets together once a month to draft, read, and edit their short stories. At each meeting, two of the novice writers volunteer to read. Then the group…