Four Pines Bookstore to host League of Poets tour kick-off event

Four Pines Bookstore web art — Four Pines Bookstore is located at 102 Third Street in downtown Bemidji.

By Pioneer Staff Report

September 25, 2023 at 1:51 PM

BEMIDJI 鈥� Four Pines Bookstore will host the kick-off of the League of Minnesota Poets Agates IndyBookStore Tour at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the bookstore, 102 Third St. NW.

The year-long event will include readings from 60-plus Minnesota poets published in Agates, the League's annual anthology.

The Four Pines Bookstore event will feature poets Charmaine Pappas Donovan, Shawna Bullen-Fairbanks, Marlys Guimaraes, Ann Marie Newman and Dawn Loeffler.

Founded in 1934, the League of Minnesota Poets fosters poets and poetry throughout the state by sponsoring conferences, poetry retreats, readings, performances, contests, slams and workshops.

In 1937, the League issued its first volume of a poetry magazine and every year since has produced a volume in one form or another. The book is a bound, 80-page collection of poems beautifully designed and edited by members, a release said. These will be available for purchase on the day of the event.

This is a free event, but attendees are asked to pre-register by contacting Four Pines Bookstore online at or by calling (218) 497-2665.

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