What Have we done to deserve this?                                                 Bart Sutter

Bart Sutter will read a selection of his poems which in the writing of them, surprised him with the spiritual issues they raised, such as unjust suffering or the beauty of the natural world. The bond between spirituality and poetry will be explored.” Sutter truly displays magic and artistry in words.

Bart Sutter, poet

Bart Sutter is the only author to win the Minnesota Book Award in three categories, fiction, poetry and essays, and was the first Poet Laureate of Duluth in 2006. Bart has written for public radio, and has had four verse plays produced. For more than thirty years, he has performed as one half of The Sutter Brothers, a poetry-and-music duo. Unlike most contemporary poets, Bart writes in meter and rhyme as well as free verse. He and his wife live in Duluth, overlooking Lake Superior, on a corner lot where they visits from raccoon, fox, deer, and bear, among others.