Michael Kleber-Diggs
@mkdordiggsy.bsky.social
Another dude with fancy notions.
Poet, essayist, lit critic, arts educator.
📚: WORLDLY THINGS (Milkweed Ed., 2021).
Lit agent: Nordlyset; booking agent: Blue Flower Arts.
Saint Paul MN
Poet, essayist, lit critic, arts educator.
📚: WORLDLY THINGS (Milkweed Ed., 2021).
Lit agent: Nordlyset; booking agent: Blue Flower Arts.
Saint Paul MN
That parenthetical is giving real “once and future” energy. Fool so foolish he thought he could change it forever. They’re placating you, fool. You’re a clown, fool.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
That parenthetical is giving real “once and future” energy. Fool so foolish he thought he could change it forever. They’re placating you, fool. You’re a clown, fool.
We really do.
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We really do.
So wait, I can’t be in the military now because I have a beard!?! 😭😭😭😩😩😩
(I’m also a pleasantly portly gentleman with a interest in things like peace and the Posse Comitatus Act and like not obeying illegal orders, so yeah, it probably wasn’t going to work out anyway)
(I’m also a pleasantly portly gentleman with a interest in things like peace and the Posse Comitatus Act and like not obeying illegal orders, so yeah, it probably wasn’t going to work out anyway)
October 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
So wait, I can’t be in the military now because I have a beard!?! 😭😭😭😩😩😩
(I’m also a pleasantly portly gentleman with a interest in things like peace and the Posse Comitatus Act and like not obeying illegal orders, so yeah, it probably wasn’t going to work out anyway)
(I’m also a pleasantly portly gentleman with a interest in things like peace and the Posse Comitatus Act and like not obeying illegal orders, so yeah, it probably wasn’t going to work out anyway)
I feel like this is a safe space where I can be myself, love what I love unreservedly, and pursue my passions!
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I feel like this is a safe space where I can be myself, love what I love unreservedly, and pursue my passions!
The don’t call St. Paul “St. Pothole” for nothing!
Be careful exiting 94 westbound and turning left onto Cretin!
Be careful exiting 94 westbound and turning left onto Cretin!
June 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The don’t call St. Paul “St. Pothole” for nothing!
Be careful exiting 94 westbound and turning left onto Cretin!
Be careful exiting 94 westbound and turning left onto Cretin!
Writing to clear up a confusing news story from earlier today. I was not named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Kansas. That was former Brooklyn Nets Head Coach Jacque Vaughn.
L to R: Jacque Vaughan (coach); Michael Kleber-Diggs (poet).
L to R: Jacque Vaughan (coach); Michael Kleber-Diggs (poet).
May 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Writing to clear up a confusing news story from earlier today. I was not named Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Kansas. That was former Brooklyn Nets Head Coach Jacque Vaughn.
L to R: Jacque Vaughan (coach); Michael Kleber-Diggs (poet).
L to R: Jacque Vaughan (coach); Michael Kleber-Diggs (poet).
Every once in a while I listen to an audiobook, and I am so blown away by the reading that I find myself rewinding passages just to hear them performed again. Susan Jameson’s reading of Kate Atkinson’s CASE HISTORIES is one of those audiobooks. The book is great, and Jameson is MASTERFUL!
May 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Every once in a while I listen to an audiobook, and I am so blown away by the reading that I find myself rewinding passages just to hear them performed again. Susan Jameson’s reading of Kate Atkinson’s CASE HISTORIES is one of those audiobooks. The book is great, and Jameson is MASTERFUL!
Cracking up at the idea that Elon Musk stepping back at DOGE to focus on Tesla will help revive the brand. Like the only issue is his destructive work for the Trump administration. I mean, I know Americans have short memories, but give me a break!
When I think Tesla, this is what comes to mind.
When I think Tesla, this is what comes to mind.
April 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cracking up at the idea that Elon Musk stepping back at DOGE to focus on Tesla will help revive the brand. Like the only issue is his destructive work for the Trump administration. I mean, I know Americans have short memories, but give me a break!
When I think Tesla, this is what comes to mind.
When I think Tesla, this is what comes to mind.
A short little, lovely little bicycle commute…
April 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A short little, lovely little bicycle commute…
Certain Americans be like…
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Certain Americans be like…
EVERGREEN CONVERSATION WITH MOM
Act I, scene 1:
Mom: 85, dressed nicely at home (no plans to leave her house).
Son: 56, off to work, wearing light gray jeans & a long-sleeve two-hues blue shirt.
Mom: “Aren’t you teaching today?”
Son: “I am; tonight.”
Mom: “Is THAT what you’re wearing?”
SCENE
Act I, scene 1:
Mom: 85, dressed nicely at home (no plans to leave her house).
Son: 56, off to work, wearing light gray jeans & a long-sleeve two-hues blue shirt.
Mom: “Aren’t you teaching today?”
Son: “I am; tonight.”
Mom: “Is THAT what you’re wearing?”
SCENE
February 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
EVERGREEN CONVERSATION WITH MOM
Act I, scene 1:
Mom: 85, dressed nicely at home (no plans to leave her house).
Son: 56, off to work, wearing light gray jeans & a long-sleeve two-hues blue shirt.
Mom: “Aren’t you teaching today?”
Son: “I am; tonight.”
Mom: “Is THAT what you’re wearing?”
SCENE
Act I, scene 1:
Mom: 85, dressed nicely at home (no plans to leave her house).
Son: 56, off to work, wearing light gray jeans & a long-sleeve two-hues blue shirt.
Mom: “Aren’t you teaching today?”
Son: “I am; tonight.”
Mom: “Is THAT what you’re wearing?”
SCENE
On a recent walk at the Eastside YMCA in Saint Paul, Minnesota (the state capital).
January 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
On a recent walk at the Eastside YMCA in Saint Paul, Minnesota (the state capital).
Our house was built in 1913, and the windows can be a little drafty. I joke that at least we’ll never be overcome by carbon monoxide. Anyway, here’s me, during a recent cold snap, with a warming blanket on my legs, while watching either THE PITT or ON CALL.
January 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Our house was built in 1913, and the windows can be a little drafty. I joke that at least we’ll never be overcome by carbon monoxide. Anyway, here’s me, during a recent cold snap, with a warming blanket on my legs, while watching either THE PITT or ON CALL.
Temp for this morning’s early dog walk is 9 degrees. Weather app says “feels like -1.” I don’t disagree. It’s all good. My beanie is warm, and, as an added bonus, it has a bulb in it so all I have to do is look down to see any tasks the boys leave for my attention.
December 5, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Temp for this morning’s early dog walk is 9 degrees. Weather app says “feels like -1.” I don’t disagree. It’s all good. My beanie is warm, and, as an added bonus, it has a bulb in it so all I have to do is look down to see any tasks the boys leave for my attention.
Whoever paid for this list of potential customers was sold a wooden nickel, a bill of goods, a bridge in a town with no rivers. I’m saying they’re on the wrong track and barking up the wrong tree. Because trying to get me to buy a fur coat is like tryna boil water in an ice box! It ain’t happenin’!
December 4, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Whoever paid for this list of potential customers was sold a wooden nickel, a bill of goods, a bridge in a town with no rivers. I’m saying they’re on the wrong track and barking up the wrong tree. Because trying to get me to buy a fur coat is like tryna boil water in an ice box! It ain’t happenin’!
My toxic* teacher trait is leaving one out-of-context note on the whiteboard for the next teacher to find.
*or thoughtful or tedious or tactical
*or thoughtful or tedious or tactical
November 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
My toxic* teacher trait is leaving one out-of-context note on the whiteboard for the next teacher to find.
*or thoughtful or tedious or tactical
*or thoughtful or tedious or tactical
Sad teacher day; sad student day. 😢
November 19, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Sad teacher day; sad student day. 😢
I love an apple orchard!
October 26, 2024 at 9:17 PM
I love an apple orchard!
Elinor is home FOR A 30 DAYS (!) rehearsing for a show at the Whitney. You read that correctly, the show is in NYC, but rehearsals are here in St. Paul! Elinor turned down the offer to stay in a hotel and is staying with us instead - it’s wonderful. Here we are after lunch at Hard Times Cafe.
October 9, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Elinor is home FOR A 30 DAYS (!) rehearsing for a show at the Whitney. You read that correctly, the show is in NYC, but rehearsals are here in St. Paul! Elinor turned down the offer to stay in a hotel and is staying with us instead - it’s wonderful. Here we are after lunch at Hard Times Cafe.
Caption this photo.
October 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Caption this photo.
Who’s gonna be the next mayor of NYC? Wrong answers only.
September 30, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Who’s gonna be the next mayor of NYC? Wrong answers only.