Summer 2013

Welcome! In the Look, Read, and Listen areas, you will find artwork, articles, reviews, and videos for my poetry books Pretend the World and Dark Lake and my anthology Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers.

Recent Praise for Pretend the World:

"Balancing the delicate acts of loving and grieving, Kathryn Kysar microscopes the world of   modern woman/motherhood." Poetry Foundation

"Lovely chronicles of everyday life." Minneapolis Star and Tribune

"The gems in this collection are plenty and shiny." Hazel and Wrenn

"Her poems here, like Whitman's, are at once deeply personal and expansive." Knight  Foundation

Summer Readings:

 Friday, May 31, 2013. Quarter/Quarter, 25 Center Street East, Harmony, Minnesota. Happy Hour Poetry and Prose reading sponsored by the Harmony Arts Board. 3:30-5:00 p.m. With Kris Bigalk, Beth Mayer, and Amy Weldon.

Friday, June 21, 2013. Eagan Resource Center Food Shelf. 3904 Cedar Grove Parkway, Eagan, Minneasota, 55122. Cracked Walnut Summer Solstice Reading. 7:30 p.m. With Anh Hoa Nguyen, Victoria Peterson Hilleque, Sarah Rosemary, and Carolyn Williams-Noren.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Piragis Northwood Company Bookstore, 105 North Central Avenue, Ely, Minnesota, 55731. 6:00 p.m. With Heid Erdrich, Catherine Holm, Jean Gendreau, and Polly Carlson-Voiles. 

Thursday, August 8. Coffee Hag. 329 Riverfront Drive, Mankato, Minnesota, 56001. With Rachel Hanel.

Friday, August 16, 2o13. Minnesota Center for Book ArtsMinnesota Center for Book Arts, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415.  Collaborative show and reading. With Jessica Lee Shimek. Time TBA.

Summer Writing:

 My Minnesota State Arts Board grant is supporting three wonderful weeklong writing retreats at Crestwood Country Cabin, Tofte Arts Center, and the Oberholtzer Foundation’s Mallard Island. In addition to writing, I will be making a C.D. of poems for distribution to libraries around the state. More on that project in the fall!

Please contact me if you have questions or suggestions for readings or creative projects!

"Balancing the delicate acts of loving and grieving, Kathryn Kysar microscopes the world of   modern woman/motherhood." Poetry Foundation

"Lovely chronicles of everyday life." Minneapolis Star and Tribune

"The gems in this collection are plenty and shiny." Hazel and Wrenn

"Her poems here, like Whitman's, are at once deeply personal and expansive." Knight  Foundation

Spring 2013

Welcome! In the Look, Read, and Listen areas, you will find artwork, articles, reviews, and videos for my poetry books Pretend the World and Dark Lake and my anthology Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers.

Kathryn Kysar Spring Events

Thursday, March 7. Room 308, Level 3 Hynes Convention Center, Boston  10:30-11:45 a.m. Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. “Preparing for Liftoff: The Launch Event.” Panel discussion with Kevin Fenton, Nichole Bernier, Kris Bigalk, and Lightsey Darst.

Thursday, March 7. LIR Irish Restaurant, Boston.  4:30-6:30 p.m. Festival of Language experimental reading/performance. With Jenny Ferguson, Beth Gilstrap, Sonya Huber, Kathryn Kysar, R.B. Moreno, Ted Pelton, Erin Rhodes, Anita Schmaltz, Ben Tanzer, Meg Tuite, Sarah Stonich, and Robert Vaughan.

Friday, March 8. Room 110, Plaza level Hynes Convention Center, Boston.  10:30-11:45 a.m. Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. “Blurring Boundaries: Motherhood and Writing From Home. Panel discussion with Susannah Schouweiler, Leslie Adrienne Miller, Keli Stewart, and Patricia Smith.  

Saturday, March 16: Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis. Barrie Jean Borich’s book release party for Body Geographic. Reading original work in response to “The Map that Made Me.” With Lori Stee, Aundria Morgan, Doug Federheart, Morgan Grayce Willow, Ellen Lansky, Patrick Scully, Katrina Vandenberg, Pat Crumbie, Sun Yung Shin, and Sheila O'Connor.

Thursday, March 21:  Subtext Bookstore, 165 Western Avenue, Saint Paul.  7:00 p.m. Cracked Walnut Lit-Reading Festival.  With Kris Bigalk, Colin McDonald, Pam Schmid, Peter Stein, and John Wodarz.

Saturday, April 6: The Clown Lounge, Turf Club, Saint Paul. Sarah Stonich’s launch party/meat raffle for Vacationland. With Danny Klecko, Martin Kihn, and others.

Sunday, May 5:  Magers and Quinn Bookstore, Minneapolis. 4:00 p.m. Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers Reunion reading. Kathryn Kysar, MC. Readers: Heid Erdrich, Sheila O’Connor, Taiyon Coleman, Ka Vang, Shannon Olson, and Sun Yung Shin.

Thursday, May 9: Subtext Books, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 7:00 p.m. Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers reunion reading. Kathryn Kysar, MC. Readers:  Sheila O’Connor, Morgan Grayce Willow, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Taiyon Coleman, Carrie Pomeroy, Ka Vang, Shannon Olson, Sun Yung Shin.

"Balancing the delicate acts of loving and grieving, Kathryn Kysar microscopes the world of   modern woman/motherhood." Poetry Foundation

"Lovely chronicles of everyday life." Minneapolis Star and Tribune

"The gems in this collection are plenty and shiny." Hazel and Wrenn

"Her poems here, like Whitman's, are at once deeply personal and expansive." Knight  Foundation

Winter 2013

Welcome! In the Look, Read, and Listen areas, you will find artwork, articles, reviews, and videos for my poetry books Pretend the World and Dark Lake and my anthology Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers.

I had a wonderful fall. I was honored to participate in two community-driven poetry projects--100K Poets for Change and the St. Paul Almanac. In addition, I was the featured poet in the Two Rivers Reading Series, had a poem included in the photography/writing anthology Intimate Landscapes and art exhibit, and got to hang out at the Holy Cow! table at the Twin Cities Book Festival. 

This winter I am looking forward to several readings in the Twin Cities as well as the annual AWP conference in Boston, where I will present on two panels and participate in an experimental reading at an Irish Pub!

Kathryn Kysar Winter Events

Tuesday, January 15: University Club in Saint Paul 7:30 p.m. Carol Connelly’s Readings by Writers. With Bill Cavanaugh, Jane Dickerson, Claudia Hampton Daily, Kevin Featherly, Stan Kusonoki, and Paul Mohrbacher. Marcus Young will emcee.

Thursday, February 28: The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis. 6:30-8:30 p.m.  “Publishing Poetry: A Discussion and Reading by Minnesota Women.” With Cary Waterman, Katrina Vandenberg, Leslie Adrienne Miller, Heid Erdrich, and Sierra DeMulder. Moderated by Kris Bigalk.

Thursday, March 7. Room 308, Level 3 Hynes Convention Center, Boston  10:30-11:45 a.m. Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. “Preparing for Liftoff: The Launch Event.” Panel discussion with Kevin Fenton, Nichole Bernier, Kris Bigalk, and Lightsey Darst.

Thursday, March 7. LIR Irish Restaurant, Boston.  4:30-6:30 p.m. Festival of Language experimental reading/performance. With Jenny Ferguson, Beth Gilstrap, Sonya Huber, Kathryn Kysar, R.B. Moreno, Ted Pelton, Erin Rhodes, Anita Schmaltz, Ben Tanzer, Meg Tuite, Sarah Stonich, and Robert Vaughan.

Friday, March 8. Room 110, Plaza level Hynes Convention Center, Boston.  10:30-11:45 a.m. Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. “Blurring Boundaries: Motherhood and Writing From Home. Panel discussion with Susannah Schouweiler, Leslie Adrienne Miller, Keli Stewart, and Patricia Smith.  

Thursday, March 12:  Subtext bookstore, 165 Western Avenue, Saint Paul.  6:30-7:30 p.m. Cracked Walnut Lit-Reading Festival.  With Kris Bigalk, Colin McDonald, Pam Schmid, Peter Stein, and John Wodarz.