The Department of English’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee and TRIBE@ISU will bring a virtual poetry and essay reading by Kim Shuck from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1.
The event will be held via Zoom, using this link.
A citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Shuck has published many books of poetry and essays. Some of her more recent work includes Exile Heart (2021), Noodle, Rant, Tangent (2022), and Murdered, Missing (2019), but she is also well known for Clouds Running In (2014) and her first solo book, Smuggling Cherokee (2006), which was awarded the Diane Decorah first book award by the Native Writers Circle of the Americas.
Shuck brings an intersectional approach to her work, amplifying concerns that disproportionately affect and perspectives from the most vulnerable. Her riveting poetry and essays have brought her much acclaim, including the sixth poet laureate for San Francisco, the 2022 COSTO Medal from University of California Riverside, and the National Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets in 2019—among many other accolades.
Find samples of Shuck’s work here: “Two poems by Kim Shuck” and “Smuggling Cherokee.”
