Kyle Tran Myhre

An intro: I'm a poet and performer; a lot of my actual work is visiting schools, colleges, etc. to use art as a doorway into dialogue—about power, agency, counter-narrative masculinity, and beyond. Find my sci-fi poetry book, climate crisis concept album, booking info, and more: guante.info/latest

In a discourse that is so eaten up by the binary of "we can't draw lines because it hurts the broader effort" on one side, and "we can't draw lines because who are you to say we draw it here and not there" on the other, there's a lot of care and clarity (not to mention bravery) in this piece.

"No matter who wins in November, what happens next will depend on who keeps showing up. Learn from Minnesota organizers: Don't just vote, find your people and join an organization that will still be building people power after the election." Something to amplify, on 11/4 or any day of the year:

Anti-trans Democrats are spreading poison when we can least afford it, during elections in this ongoing fascist takeover. As a strategy, it’s a recipe for failure. As a moral stand, it’s reprehensible. PS I’m the father of young trans woman and I’ll never forgive anyone who makes her life harder.

Secret Rivers (@seemore.bsky.social and me) at MinnPost Festival. Thanks again to @minnpost.com and @jimwalshmpls.bsky.social for having us. Just sharing as a reminder: get in touch to book us for fundraisers, political events, festivals, and/or just old-fashioned concerts: secretrivers.info

The anthology also features Amanda Gorman, Ada Limón, Danez Smith, Jason Reynolds, Junauda Petrus, Ollie Schminkey, Bao Phi, Alice Paige, Kao Kalia Yang, and so many more. Here's the bookshop link: bookshop.org/p/books/witn...

“The difference between ‘full’ and ‘flood’ is a drop, and we all felt it.” A performance of my poem from the new anthology “Witness: Poems to Address the Past, Present, and Future of Policing,” edited by @aritison.bsky.social & @tychapmn.bsky.social. More on the book at guante.info/witness.

🗳️ Know your rights before you head to the polls!

New post from my free (non-substack) newsletter. Aside from a few personal updates, I write a bit about this moment: Trump's attacks on Minneapolis and Ilhan Omar, narrative interventions, and why I choose to vote even when voting is never enough:

"Observance [of Indigenous Peoples Day] is not just about acknowledging the past; it is a call for solidarity with those Indigenous organizers, leaders, and neighbors actively shaping the present and future." Lots of good resources in here:

just a note that these sold out but I'll be dropping off more today

Minnesota stands with @ilhanmn.bsky.social 🩵 No president should be able to weaponize the federal government against his political enemies. 📍 New Rally Location 📣 Join us at 4:00pm today at Powderhorn Park Rec Center to stand with @repilhan.bsky.social and all Somali Minnesotans. #IStandWithIlhan

Two days ago, after Trump’s latest attempt to whip up violence against Somali immigrants in Minnesota:

“It’s a marathon, not a sprint / it’s 92 degrees in October in Minnesota / they cancelled that marathon yesterday…” Written a few years back for our climate crisis concept album but may as well share today too:

For those going to the MinnPost Festival today, I'll be sharing a song and a poem along with @seemore.bsky.social as SECRET RIVERS, and I just saw that the lineup also includes Chastity Brown, Jillian Rae, Paul Metsa, and Maria Isa! Thanks to @jimwalshmpls.bsky.social for pulling us together.

"They expect us to be quiet because they would be. They expect us to be scared of our neighbors because they are cowards." New draft of a poem I wrote in Dec 2025:

Here's a direct link to the voting resource I mention in the post: guante.info/voting. One section features ten quotes that have helped guide my thinking about why elections matter, specifically from a left/activist perspective. Agree or disagree, the quotes (sources linked too) are worth reading.

clocking in at the poster factory 🧡

WE NEED YOUR HELP ❗️We are helping a Minneapolis family who is behind on rent and doesn’t qualify for the city’s rental assistance program. I’m hopping to raise $800 to cover the rent they are behind on. Cash app: $jasonchavezcruz Venmo: @ LiamDavisTemple

Inkwell Books here in NE MPLS had a call for zines go out, so I dropped off a few bundles: each one has zines on abolition, creative resistance, building a culture of consent, and more. The bundles are five bucks, but all the zines are also available to read for free at guante.info/zines.

“People are trying the best they can – learning and utilizing new skills, and responding to crises in community – and then there’s another one, and there’s another one, and there’s another one. “That is what the escalating violence is meant to do – it’s meant to exhaust us and confuse us.”

Comprehensive sex education does reduce sexual violence perpetration. But the most effective programs are in a K-12 environment. This is a fight we should be having with public school districts and state legislatures.

Something I love about spoken word is that it doesn't always lend itself to snappy pullquotes; my favorite performances *build* both in energy and message; you have to listen to the whole thing to get it. Such a striking, generous poem on what can be a difficult topic. (CC: @litbowl.bsky.social)

I wrote about the campus sexual assault crisis that never went away despite the public moving on after the Obama era; the material ways SA punishes victims the rest of their lives while assailants are systematically rewarded; and just tried to put to words what I think is going unsaid right now:

Came back from a social media break because I had stuff to promote: the "Witness" anthology, a creative writing career resources e-book, an anti-AI zine, etc. But the point of the break was to write, and there's more to do. So off I go again. Find that other stuff, though, at guante.info/latest

For Bandcamp Friday: a throwback to this lyric video sharing four favorite moments from our “All Dressed Up, No Funeral” climate crisis concept album. Animated by Medium Zach. Find the full album (and more) here: guante.bandcamp.com

Launch event this Tuesday (9/1) at the New City Center in Minneapolis (3104 16th ave s) at 7pm. Featuring me, Danez Smith, Carolyn Holbrook, Ollie Schminkey, Alice Paige, Halee Kirkwood, and the editors.

ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.

“So many who have earned blood spill only paint. So many who have earned fire seek only respect. So many who have earned cutting the throat of the world want only to see their children grow up happy.“

As @naomikritzer.bsky.social has said, there is still a huge need for mutual aid here in the TC&so many of us are working on it (& patrolling, school safety, etc.). I'm raising Sept. rent for a single mom who can't get work authorization and can't leave her three kids. @Anne-Kosseff-Jones on Venmo.

Thanks to all who caught SECRET RIVERS (me and @seemore.bsky.social) at Uptown Porchfest. A couple photos here by Jeremy Nelson. And a pitch: as we continue to work on this debut full-length, we're available for concerts, fundraisers, parties, conferences, seances, and beyond: secretrivers.info