Congratulations to Kim Shuck, author of Smuggling Cherokee: Poems, who is 7th
San Francisco Poet Laureate! https://sfpl.org/releases/
She writes Tsi-Tsu
(Rabbit) narratives and does beadwork, basketry, Cherokee language, and more. From the
Hanksville website: “As a poet Kim has read her work around the United States.
In late summer and fall of 2005 she toured through Jordan with a group of poets
from many countries in the interest of peace and communication. Shuck has read
her work on her local radio. She is co-curator of the Spoken Word Series of the
Native American Cultural Center. Kim sat for a time on the board of directors
for California Poets in the Schools. As a visual artist Kim's work has been
shown both in and out of the United States, including shows at the National
Museum of Taiwan in Taipei and the Art, Women, California Show at the San Jose
Art Museum. She has consulted with museums and galleries around California on
the subject of Native artwork. Kim has taught in Elementary Schools, at San
Francisco State University and has lectured widely on the subjects of math, art
and Native American issues. She has been a teacher since, in 3rd grade, she
taught fellow classmates a series of short lessons in crochet.”
Her Wiki-biography: “Kim Shuck: Cherokee
poet, author, and artist. Kim Shuck is a Native-American poet, author, and bead
work artist who draws from Southeastern Native American culture and tradition
as well as contemporary urban Indian life. She was born in San Francisco,
California and is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She earned a
B.A. in Art (1994), and M.F.A. in Textiles (1998) from San Francisco State
University. She has taught American Indian Studies at San Francisco State
University and was an artist in residence at the De Young Museum in June 2010
with Michael Horse.” https://upclosed.com/people/kim-shuck/
Awards include:
ℴ2008 KQED Local Hero Award,
American Indian Heritage Month
ℴ2007 Smuggling Cherokee, Poetry
Foundation bestseller list (March)
ℴ2006 Smuggling Cherokee, SPD Books
bestseller list (March)
ℴ2005 Mentor of the Year Award
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
ℴ2005 Native Writers of the
Americas First Book, Diane Decorah Award
ℴ2004 Mary Tallmountain Award
Books, Author:
2014 Sidewalk
Ndn, solo chapbook of poetry, FootHills Publishing
2014 Clouds
Running In, solo book of poetry, Taurean Horn Press ISBN 978-0931552168
2013 Rabbit
Stories, vignette fiction, Poetic Matrix Press ISBN 978-0985288389 https://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Stories-Kim-Shuck/dp/0985288388/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
2005 Smuggling
Cherokee, solo volume of poems, Greenfield Review Press ISBN 978-0878861460
https://www.amazon.com/Smuggling-Cherokee-Kim-Shuck/dp/0878861467
Books, Editor:
2010 “Rabbit and Rose”, online journal,
editor, online publication (http://www.rabbitandrose.com/)
2007 Oakland
Out Loud, (Ed.) anthology, co-editor, Jukebox Press ISBN 0932693172
2006 Words Upon the
Waters, (Ed.) anthology, assistant editor, Jukebox Press 2006
