Typewriter Poets: Poetry on Demand!

Join us for the Return of the Poetry Bus Poets as they bring their typewriters and compose poems on demand!

By Special Engagement 

When: Saturday, April 12, 1-3pm

Where: La Boulangerie Marguerite-Northeast Minneapolis

Who: All Lovers of Poetry

Cost: Free of Charge, (Tips Welcome!) 

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.

 

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.