The Poetry Bus

La Boulangerie Marguerite-Northeast Minneapolis is thrilled to present The Poetry Bus! Join us for Happy Hour, Saturday, March 22, from 4-6pm. Catch poetry on the move! 

Author Bios:

Sara Dovre Wudali

Sara Dovre Wudali is a writer and editor living in Saint Paul. Dovre Wudali was a 2024 Poetry Fellow in the Loft Mentor Series and has received support from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Her poems and essays have been published in literary journals and anthologies such as Barrelhouse, under the gum tree, Blood Tree Literature, and the Saint Paul Almanac. She is the co-editor with Suzanne Swanson of the hybrid anthology chapbook, All You Need Is One Avocado. Dovre Wudali grew up on a farm in southwest Minnesota, where wind blows through the cottonwoods and box elder bugs rule.

Athena Kildegaard

Athena Kildegaard's most recent book of poetry, Prairie Midden (Tinderbox Editions), won the 2023 WILLA Literary Award for Poetry. Her poems have been Pushcart nominees and she's the recipient of grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and two fellowships from the Lake Region Arts Council. She teaches at the University of Minnesota Morris.

Michael Kleber-Diggs

Michael Kleber-Diggs (KLEE-burr digs) is a poet, essayist, literary critic, and arts educator. He is the author of My Weight in Water, a memoir about his complicated relationship with lap swimming (forthcoming with Spiegel & Grau, 2026). Michael’s debut poetry collection, Worldly Things won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize and was published by Milkweed Editions in 2021. His poems and essays often explore themes of intimacy, community, empathy, and grace, practices he believes are simultaneously distinct and interdependent. Michael is a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow in Literature, and he teaches creative writing at Augsburg University and through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.

 

Su Love

Su Smallen Love’s five published books of poetry include Weight of Light, nominated for the Pushcart Editors’ Book Prize, and Buddha, Proof, a Minnesota Book Award finalist. Su’s book in progress concerns legacies of nuclear power in Minnesota and has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the St. Croix Watershed Research Station. As a visiting writer, Su has presented at several colleges, universities, and arts organizations including Salmon Literary Centre, Ireland; American Space Madrid/Instituto internacional; and across Minnesota.