Kathryn Kysar
@darklake.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor, professor, friend. She/they. Books: Pretend the World, Dark Lake. Recent words in Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Mollyhouse, Voicemail Poems.
Resistance and Giving Voice: A Reading at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23rd at 3:00 pm with @shannongibney.bsky.social, @alicepaige.bsky.social, @davigray.bsky.social, @tarikd.xyz, @guante.info and many more brilliant authors. Join us for snacks, community, and powerful words!
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Resistance and Giving Voice: A Reading at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23rd at 3:00 pm with @shannongibney.bsky.social, @alicepaige.bsky.social, @davigray.bsky.social, @tarikd.xyz, @guante.info and many more brilliant authors. Join us for snacks, community, and powerful words!
Friday in Saint Paul! @hawona.bsky.social @ibekaba.bsky.social @darklake.bsky.social and a bevy of musicians creating our unique blend of poetry and jazz at Zion Community Commons in the fabulous Midway neighborhood!
July 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Friday in Saint Paul! @hawona.bsky.social @ibekaba.bsky.social @darklake.bsky.social and a bevy of musicians creating our unique blend of poetry and jazz at Zion Community Commons in the fabulous Midway neighborhood!
Back from a community-building and soul-strengthening NonfictioNOW conference. Thanks to all the stellar presenters and organizers. Going to hold this galaxy of ideas in my heart in the coming turbulent months.
June 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Back from a community-building and soul-strengthening NonfictioNOW conference. Thanks to all the stellar presenters and organizers. Going to hold this galaxy of ideas in my heart in the coming turbulent months.
Thursday at NonfictioNOW at @notredame.bsky.social: @hskirkwood.bsky.social @aprilgibson.bsky.social @darklake.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Thursday at NonfictioNOW at @notredame.bsky.social: @hskirkwood.bsky.social @aprilgibson.bsky.social @darklake.bsky.social
Today at NonfictioNOW!
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Today at NonfictioNOW!
Deepest thanks to all who came out for our All-Star Mega-Music reading at Open Book yesterday. So grateful for our shining literary community in MN!
June 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Deepest thanks to all who came out for our All-Star Mega-Music reading at Open Book yesterday. So grateful for our shining literary community in MN!
Saturday, June 7th 4:00 PM at Open Book in Minneapolis. Free. A bevy of brilliant readers. ASL interpreted. Join us!
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Saturday, June 7th 4:00 PM at Open Book in Minneapolis. Free. A bevy of brilliant readers. ASL interpreted. Join us!
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
Friday, May 23rd, 7pm: The Sonoglyph Collective featuring Hawona Sullivan Janzen, IBe Kaba, Lynette Reine-Grandell, Kathryn Kysar, Jonathan Townsend, Aaron Kerr, and Sean Egan. Zion Community Commons: 1697 Lafond Ave., St. Paul.
All ages - $15 suggested donation.
All ages - $15 suggested donation.
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Friday, May 23rd, 7pm: The Sonoglyph Collective featuring Hawona Sullivan Janzen, IBe Kaba, Lynette Reine-Grandell, Kathryn Kysar, Jonathan Townsend, Aaron Kerr, and Sean Egan. Zion Community Commons: 1697 Lafond Ave., St. Paul.
All ages - $15 suggested donation.
All ages - $15 suggested donation.
Amidst the horrors of the world--genocide, economic collapse, fascism-- I won the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Service to Literature last month at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. Grateful for this recognition. awpwriter.org/AWP/A…
April 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Amidst the horrors of the world--genocide, economic collapse, fascism-- I won the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Service to Literature last month at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. Grateful for this recognition. awpwriter.org/AWP/A…
Looking forward to talking about building craft and community at literary centers at AWP in LA next week! @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social @storystudiochicago.bsky.social #AWP25
March 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking forward to talking about building craft and community at literary centers at AWP in LA next week! @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social @storystudiochicago.bsky.social #AWP25
Anoka-Ramsey Community College English faculty will be reading Thursday, February 6th at 7:00 p.m. at Nico's Tacos in Saint Paul. Readers will include Tracy Youngblom, @lesterabatiste.bsky.social, @laurelisfierce.bsky.social, Katie Berg, Bill Breen, @jamierandall.bsky.social, and Kelly Meyer.
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Anoka-Ramsey Community College English faculty will be reading Thursday, February 6th at 7:00 p.m. at Nico's Tacos in Saint Paul. Readers will include Tracy Youngblom, @lesterabatiste.bsky.social, @laurelisfierce.bsky.social, Katie Berg, Bill Breen, @jamierandall.bsky.social, and Kelly Meyer.
Putting my money where it supports the resistance.
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Putting my money where it supports the resistance.
Resistance will come in many forms. Last night at Open Book in Minneapolis, Kimiko Hahn, @tagreathouse.bsky.social, and @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social created community through poetry. Grateful for their powerful words.
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Resistance will come in many forms. Last night at Open Book in Minneapolis, Kimiko Hahn, @tagreathouse.bsky.social, and @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social created community through poetry. Grateful for their powerful words.
My Featherstone Farm CSA no meat vegan pot roast. I’m going to resist by buying directly from local farmers rather than complicit chain stores.
January 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My Featherstone Farm CSA no meat vegan pot roast. I’m going to resist by buying directly from local farmers rather than complicit chain stores.
It's my birthday week, and I am celebrating by boosting our fledgling funds for a creative writing scholarship at Anoka-Ramsey Community College where we serve many first-generation college students. Thanks for considering a small gift! 14946.thankyou4caring.org/supportcreat...
January 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It's my birthday week, and I am celebrating by boosting our fledgling funds for a creative writing scholarship at Anoka-Ramsey Community College where we serve many first-generation college students. Thanks for considering a small gift! 14946.thankyou4caring.org/supportcreat...
Looking ahead to NonfictioNOW June 11-13 at University of Notre Dame, so I can rip down the wallpaper and rattle the walls between poetry and CNF with @hskirkwood.bsky.social, Tommy Frank, April Gibson, and Anna Leahy. Here's the registration link: www.nonfictionow.org/registration
January 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Looking ahead to NonfictioNOW June 11-13 at University of Notre Dame, so I can rip down the wallpaper and rattle the walls between poetry and CNF with @hskirkwood.bsky.social, Tommy Frank, April Gibson, and Anna Leahy. Here's the registration link: www.nonfictionow.org/registration
MSP: Join Paige Riehl, @mariannemanzler, @johnjodzio.bsky.social, and @tashacoryell.bsky.social for the semi-annual READERS' RAFFLE--a literary event where you win meat--at Saint Anthony Park Library Thursday Night at 6:00 p.m. #twincitiesliteraryscene @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 2:21 AM
MSP: Join Paige Riehl, @mariannemanzler, @johnjodzio.bsky.social, and @tashacoryell.bsky.social for the semi-annual READERS' RAFFLE--a literary event where you win meat--at Saint Anthony Park Library Thursday Night at 6:00 p.m. #twincitiesliteraryscene @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social
Recent celebration reading of @saaramyrene.bsky.social's award-winning collection CHAMBER AFTER CHAMBER with @heideerdrich.bsky.social, @sunyungshin.bsky.social, Su Hwang, @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social, Cassie Williams, and @edoise.bsky.social. Click to see everyone, then buy this book! lnkd.in/gzaCgfJ7
November 19, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Recent celebration reading of @saaramyrene.bsky.social's award-winning collection CHAMBER AFTER CHAMBER with @heideerdrich.bsky.social, @sunyungshin.bsky.social, Su Hwang, @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social, Cassie Williams, and @edoise.bsky.social. Click to see everyone, then buy this book! lnkd.in/gzaCgfJ7
Hello, BlueSky People! I’m a poet, a walker of woods, a community college English professor, a creative writing teaching artist, a consumer of truthful news, a Queer parent of two Gen Z’s messing up my kitchen. I live on Dakota land near Bdote.
November 14, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Hello, BlueSky People! I’m a poet, a walker of woods, a community college English professor, a creative writing teaching artist, a consumer of truthful news, a Queer parent of two Gen Z’s messing up my kitchen. I live on Dakota land near Bdote.
As promised: my father's two endowed chairs. Not very comfortable, but I believe they were hand-made.
November 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM
As promised: my father's two endowed chairs. Not very comfortable, but I believe they were hand-made.