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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
October 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
September 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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
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
June 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Today at NonfictioNOW!
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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
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
May 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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.
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 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…
April 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Only the Minnesotans think dining outdoors when it’s 60 degrees is divine. #AWP25
March 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#AWP25 closet.
March 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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
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
Putting my money where it supports the resistance.
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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
January 28, 2025 at 2:01 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.
January 26, 2025 at 12:38 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...
January 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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
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
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
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
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