with Bill Meissner

Saturday, November 7, 2026
1:00 – 4:00pm, Book Fair

Minnesota poet and fiction writer Bill Meissner, pictured here with his trusty 1960 manual typewriter, will be using it to type short poems for TCBF attendees on demand. Hear the clickety-clack as the poem emerges!  

About Bill Meissner

St. Cloud, Minnesota author and teacher Bill Meissner has published five collections of poetry, including The Mapmaker’s Dream and American Compass, four short story collections, including Hitting into the Wind and The Road to Cosmos, and three novels, including Summer of Rain, Summer of Fire, The Wonders of the Little World, and Spirits in the Grass, which won the Midwest Book Award.  His forthcoming novel, set in the Yucatan of Mexico and scheduled for 2027, is The Flamingo Thieves.  He types poems on demand frequently at various events.He has owned up to 21 vintage typewriters and gives each of them a nickname.