신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is a poet, writer, and cultural worker.  read more 

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Wednesday, October 4, Writer to Writer conversation with Shannon Gibney, 6 pm, Plymouth Library, in person – register here

Thursday, October 5, 2:15 pm, Speaker, Minnesota Library Association Fall Conference, St. Paul RiverCentre, in person – with John Coy, Shannon Gibney, Molly Beth Griffin, Naomi Kritzer, Mindy Mejia.

Saturday, November 4, 10:15 am, Where We Come From, Author Reading at Walker Free First Saturday, Walker Art Center, in person

Saturday, November 11, 12 noon, The Wet Hex, Adoptee Book Club, The Starlings Collective, virtual

New essay “A Korean Orphan Undergoes Catholic Training for Future Poets,” published May 16, 2023 in anthology Poetry as Spellcasting: POEMS, ESSAYS, AND PROMPTS FOR MANIFESTING LIBERATION AND RECLAIMING POWER by Tamiko Beyer, Destiny Hemphill and Lisbeth White, North Atlantic Books, Penguin Random House

Books by Sun Yung Shin:

SUN YUNG SHIN

신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is a poet, writer, and cultural worker.  read more 

News & Events:

Wednesday, October 4, Writer to Writer conversation with Shannon Gibney, 6 pm, Plymouth Library, in person – register here

Thursday, October 5, 2:15 pm, Speaker, Minnesota Library Association Fall Conference, St. Paul RiverCentre, in person – with John Coy, Shannon Gibney, Molly Beth Griffin, Naomi Kritzer, Mindy Mejia.

Saturday, November 4, 10:15 am, Where We Come From, Author Reading at Walker Free First Saturday, Walker Art Center, in person

Saturday, November 11, 12 noon, The Wet Hex, Adoptee Book Club, The Starlings Collective, virtual

New essay “A Korean Orphan Undergoes Catholic Training for Future Poets,” published May 16, 2023 in anthology Poetry as Spellcasting: POEMS, ESSAYS, AND PROMPTS FOR MANIFESTING LIBERATION AND RECLAIMING POWER by Tamiko Beyer, Destiny Hemphill and Lisbeth White, North Atlantic Books, Penguin Random House

Books by Sun Yung Shin:

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