Literary Arts Institute Lectures
Sun Yung Shin Reading & Conversation
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2-7-2023
Sponsoring Department(s)
Literary Arts Institute
Abstract
Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is a poet, writer, and cultural worker. She is the editor of What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories on Food and Family (2021) and of A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, author of poetry collections The Wet Hex; Unbearable Splendor (finalist for the 2017 PEN USA Literary Award for Poetry, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Book Award for poetry); Rough, and Savage; and Skirt Full of Black (winner of the 2007 Asian American Literary Award for poetry), co-editor of Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption, and author of bilingual illustrated book for children Cooper’s Lesson. She lives in Minneapolis where she co-directs the community organization Poetry Asylum with poet Su Hwang.
Recommended Citation
Yung Shin, Sun and Harkins, Matthew, "Sun Yung Shin Reading & Conversation" (2023). Literary Arts Institute Lectures. 22.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/lai_lectures/22