Author: Kim Shuck

San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita Kim Shuck invites the public for a reading and viewing of her exhibition, Translations from Here, which is currently on view in the Skylight Gallery on the 6th floor of the Main Library. The evening includes readings from fellow poets Denise Low Weso, Poet Laureate Emerita of Kansas Linda Noel, Poet Laureate Emerita of Ukiah Linda Noel and Dean Rader, Guggenheim Fellow. In addition, people who own some of Shuck's work have been invited to wear it to the event, so there may be a few extra things to see.

Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San Francisco. Her most recent book of poetry, What Unseen Thing Blows Wishes Across My Surface?, a collaboration with visual artist LisaRuth Elliott, was published in 2022. In her term as Poet Laureate, she hosted scores of free poetry and art workshops for all ages at neighborhood libraries and schools and worked closely with San Francisco Public Library and the San Francisco Arts Commission to launch major citywide initiatives to honor Native American Indigenous People’s heritage.