Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates Colossus: Freedom

San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck invites poets Sara Biel, Wanda Sabir and special guests to read from their new anthology, Colossus: Freedom: An Anthology of Voices Across the Carceral Wasteland, at SFPL’s monthly poetry reading.

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, Exile Heart, was published in 2021 by That Painted Horse Press. 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.