Join us for a conversation wit h Minnesota poets during National Poetry Month! "The Poetry Bus" is a grou p of four poets traveling around MN to share their work. During the event\ , each poet will do a reading\, followed by Q &\; A and conversation.
\nSara Dovre Wudali is a writer and ed
itor living in Saint Paul. Dovre Wudali was a 2024 Poetry Fellow in the Lo
ft Mentor Series and has received support from the Minnesota State Arts Bo
ard 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 Alm
anac." She co-edits the \;hybrid anthology chapbook\, "All You Need Is
One Avocado\," with Suzanne Swanson. Dovre Wudali grew up on a farm in so
uthwest MN\, where wind blows through the cottonwoods and box elder bugs r
ule.
Athena Kildegaard's most recent book of p
oetry\, "Prairie Midden" (Tinderbox Editions)\, won the 2023 WILLA Literar
y Award for Poetry. Her poems have been Pushcart nominees and she's the re
cipient of grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and two fellowships
from the Lake Region Arts Council. She teaches at the University of Minnes
ota-Morris.
Michael Kleber-Diggs is a poet\, e
ssayist\, literary critic\, and arts educator. He is the author of "My Wei
ght in Water\," a memoir about his complicated relationship with lap swimm
ing (forthcoming with Spiegel &\; Grau\, 2026). Michael&rsquo\;s debut
poetry collection\, "Worldly Things" won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize and wa
s published by Milkweed Editions in 2021. His writing often explores intim
acy\, community\, empathy\, and grace\, which he believes are simultaneous
ly distinct and interdependent. Michael is a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist
Fellow in Literature\, and he teaches creative writing at Augsburg Univers
ity and through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.
Su Smallen Love&rsquo\;s five published books of poetry include "Wei ght of Light\," nominated for the Pushcart Editors&rsquo\; Book Prize\, an d "Buddha\, \;Proof\," a Minnesota Book Award finalist. Her current bo ok in progress concerns legacies of nuclear power in Minnesota and has bee n supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board\, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council\, and the St. Croix Watershed Research Station. As a visiting wri ter\, Su has presented at several colleges\, universities\, and arts organ izations including Salmon Literary Centre\, Ireland\; American Space Madri d/Instituto Internacional\; and\, across Minnesota.
\nSara Dovre Wud ali is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from t he Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voter s of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board\, thank s to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
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