Saint Paul Almanac

A reading and celebration for the 13th volume of the Saint Paul Almanac. Several contributors will read their pieces from this wonderful anthology, and then we'll mingle!

Readers:

Wendy Brown-Báez is the author of Heart on the Page: A Portable Writing Workshop. Her
poetry and prose appear widely in literary journals and anthologies, such as Mizna, Poets &
Writers, Talking Writing, Water~Stone Review, and Tiferet. Wendy facilitates writing workshops
in community spaces and has been lucky enough to be part of Saint Paul Almanac for years. You
can find more about her online at wendybrownbaez.com.

Annette Gagliardi has published poetry in Jitter Press, Poetry Quarterly, Dreamers Creative
Writing and their year one anthology, Down in the Dirt Magazine, and Poetic Bond VIII and IX.
Annette is a contributor and co-editor of Upon Waking: 58 Voices Speaking Out from the
Shadow of Abuse. She teaches poetry at a nearby elementary school as a volunteer. She has
won two national and six state awards for her poetry.

Tara Flaherty Guy is a contributing writer at Saint Paul Publishing Company, and a graduate of
the creative writing program at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Born
and raised in Saint Paul, she is a devotee of both the Saintly City and the
beloved Almanac named for it.

Heidi Fettig Parton is a wife, mother, and writer living in Stillwater, Minnesota. She received an
MFA in creative nonfiction from Bay Path University. Her writing can be found in many
publications, including ENTROPY, Multiplicity Magazine, The Manifest- Station, and the Her
Path Forward anthology. Find her online at heidifettigparton.com

Lee Colin Thomas lives and writes in the Twin Cities. His poems have appeared in Poet
Lore, Salamander, Narrative, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Pilgrimage, Water~Stone
Review, Midwestern Gothic, and elsewhere. Find him online at leecolinthomas.net.

Sara Dovre Wudali is a writer and editor from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her work has been
published or is forthcoming in Creative Nonfiction, Sweet, North Dakota Quarterly, and Saint
Paul Almanac, and has appeared as part of a public art project in Mankato, Minnesota.

Maryam Marne Zafar, a native New Yorker (currently a Minneapolitan), writes poetry that is
reflective of local and world events. An artist who is a collage-lithographer, she has had her
work acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and become part of private collections. Her
day job is as a graphic designer, brand strategist, photographer, and writer, partnering with
museums and cultural organizations, nonprofits, small businesses, and other artists and writers
to inform and cultivate positive relationships with their respective audiences.

James Zimmerman lives in the West Seventh neighborhood of Saint Paul with his three
children. His writings have appeared in several issues of Saint Paul Almanac. He is the author of
the book Deliverance at Hand! The Redemption of a Devout Jehovah’s Witness.

Volume 13: A Path to Each Other (2022)
Featuring work by Ty Chapman, Norita Dittberner-Jax, Margaret Hasse, Thomas LaBlanc, Arleta Little, Margaret Lovejoy, David Mendez, John Minczeski, Loren Niemi,Tara Perron, Julia Klatt Singer, Clarence White, Diane Wilson, Chong Yang, Maryam Marne Zafar, James Zimmerman, and many others.

Cover Art by George Morrison, courtesy of the Minnesota Museum of American Art Collection, © Briand Morrison

A Path to Each Other is a beautiful and formidable collection. It is a love letter to memories, places, and people who make possible our collective understanding of belonging. The voices in this book speak their truths in these tumultuous times, declaring the value of their words, holding safe the pieces of our world.

– Kao Kalia Yang, author, The Latehomecomers: A Hmong Family Memoir, The Song Poet, and Somewhere in the Unknown World