One part mixtape, one part disorientation guide, and one part career retrospective, Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre's debut looks you directly in the eye and doesn't let you flinch. Ranging from justice to love, community action to personal reflection, A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry is a dedication to craft. Clocking in before the rest of us are even awake, the book wastes no time. It does the work and beckons you to follow. A compilation of poems, lyrics and essays from the UN presenter, MC, and two-time National Poetry Slam champion, this book is a love song tucked into a grenade, a necessary call that demands a response.

Author: Kyle Tran Myhre
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Button Poetry
Published: 02/20/2018
Series: Button Poetry
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781943735334
2nd Edition

About the Author
Tran Myhre, Kyle: - Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre is an MC, two-time National Poetry Slam champion, activist and educator based in Minneapolis, MN. His work has appeared everywhere from the United Nations, to Welcome to Night Vale, Upworthy and beyond, and he currently makes a living traveling to colleges, conferences, and high schools, using spoken word as a jumping-off point for dialogue around identity, power, and activism. One part mixtape, one part disorientation guide, and one part career retrospective, this collection brings together poems, song lyrics, and essays from the past decade of Guante's work.