Kim Shuck
| Kim Shuck | |
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| Born | San Francisco, USA |
| Occupation | Author, poet, artist, educator |
| Nationality | Cherokee Nation and American |
| Genre | Poetry, non-fiction, fiction |
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.[1]
Awards
- 2008 KQED Local Hero Award, American Indian Heritage Month
- 2007 Smuggling Cherokee, Poetry Foundation bestseller list (March)
- 2006 Smuggling Cherokee, SPD Books bestseller list (March)
- 2005 Mentor of the Year Award Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
- 2005 Native Writers of the Americas First Book, Diane Decorah Award [2]
- 2004 Mary Tallmountain Award
Bibliography
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
- 2005 Smuggling Cherokee, solo volume of poems, Greenfield Review Press ISBN 978-0878861460
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
References
- ↑ https://deyoung.famsf.org/june-artists-residence-michael-horse-and-kim-shuck
- ↑ http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/awards/poetry.html
- When Words Matter: An Interview with Kim Shuck (1-12-2015) An Interview with Kim Shuck and Marcer Campbell
- Contributor: River, Blood and Corn ... ed. Terra Trevor ... river blood and corn blog
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