Please join us to celebrate Poetry Month and hear a reading from Donna Isaac’s new book, In the Tilling:

In the Tilling revels in the bounties of earth and sea, the culinary arts, past and present living. Isaac transports her readers into realms of childhood, landscapes north and south, reflecting on family, food, and modern challenges. Remembering, musing, and, at times, amusing, the writer has crafted a contemplative collection rich with imagery and lyricism.

Donna will be joined by Minnesota poets, Amanda Bailey, Rosetta Peters, and Margaret Hasse.

Donna Isaac is a teaching artist and poet who works through the League of MN Poets to spread literary joy in the Twin Cities. She is a retired teacher, and her published work includes Footfalls (Pocahontas Press); Tommy (Red Dragonfly Press); Holy Comforter (Red Bird Chapbooks); Persistence of Vision (Finishing Line Press) and In the Tilling (Finishing Line Press). Find more on donnaisaacpoet.com

Amanda Bailey writes poetry, stories and memoir, exploring her Southern and U.S. roots. Her work has appeared in various journals, on the Mankato Poetry Walk and Ride, and in the anthologies Upon Waking: 58 Voices Speak Out from the Shadows of Abuse); After the Equinox Agates and Reverencing Earth.  In 2020, she received a National Blackberry Peach Poetry Prize for written and spoken word, performances available on YouTube., and since 2022, she has served as president of the League of Minnesota Poets. 

Rosetta Peters is a Dakota poet, an author, a public speaker, and an activist. A Crow Creek and Yankton descent, she is a procrastinator to the point of detriment and a lover of the natural world. 

Margaret Hasse, longtime poet-teacher, has written nine books of poetry, including her latest in 2024, Belongings: New and Selected Poems. Her life in poetry is sustained by other poets; honors, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Loft McKnight, and the Minnesota State Arts Board; and her community.