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4/18 – 4/25, 2024, live-online, Workshop: Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers: Divinatory Poetics–Using Tarot Imagery to Generate Poems Intuitively
4/11/23, in person, 5 – 7 pm, A Reading and Recital featuring Poet Sun Yung Shin and Pianist Shirley Yoo. English Department, Northwestern University. Co-Sponsor: One Book One Northwestern
2/7 – 2/10, 2024, 9 am – 10:15 am, in person, Sound & Color: Poets and Visual Artists in Exquisite Exchange, AWP, Kansas City
1/29/24, 6:00-8:00 pm, in person, 2022/23 MCAD – Jerome Fellowship Exhibition panel discussion
12/8/23 11 am – 4 pm, in person, Holiday Market
Saturday, November 11, 12 noon, The Wet Hex, Adoptee Book Club, The Starlings Collective, virtual
Saturday, November 4, 10:15 am, Where We Come From, Author Reading at Walker Free First Saturday, Walker Art Center, in person
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.
Wednesday, October 4, Writer to Writer conversation with Shannon Gibney, 6 pm, Plymouth Library, in person – register here
Friday, August 4, 3 pm, inaugural conference closing keynote: “Uplifting our Voices Values and Vitality – a Racial and Social Justice Convergence,” Education Minnesota, Wellstone Center, in person
Reading and conversation with Chaun Webster, July 19, 2023, 6:30 pm CST/7:30 pm EST, hosted by The Notebooks Collective, virtual
Panelist, July 1, 2023, 3:45 pm, “The Long History of Adoptee Voices,” KAAN (Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network) Conference, in person
Visiting Writers Residency, June 22, 2023, 1:30 pm craft talk, 7:30 pm reading, Northwoods Writing Festival Bemidji, MN, in person
Poetry reading, June 10, 2023, 2 pm, Queer Voices 30th Anniversary Reading, Minneapolis Central Library, in person
Facilitating reflection session, June 8, 2023, 2-4 pm, first Public Day of Scholarship, Carleton College, in person
Artist talk, June 6, 2023, 1 pm, Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, Donor Appreciation Lunch, in person
Keynote, June 2, 2023, 1 pm, Minnesota Statewide Extension Master Gardener Conference, more info –
The Wet Hex named Poetry contest winner – The Society of Midland Authors 2023 Awards for Books Published in 2022.
Essay reading, Wednesday, May 24 · 7pm CDT, Poetry as Spellcasting Virtual Launch Party, more info and reserve a spot –
May 6, 2023 12-4 pm, in person, Where We Come From reading, Minnesota Humanities Center. More info –
Finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards announced, Poet Sun Yung Shin is a finalist in two categories. See more at Minneapolis StarTribune
Minneapolis author reflects on the winter solstice and ‘tigers in the woods’
As painful as winter can be, author Sun Yung Shin has come to appreciate the quiet pleasures of the season. Special to the Star Tribune (December 21, 2022 )
Friday, March 10, 2023, 10:35 – 11:50 am. AWP Conference 2023 Panel: “So You Want to Edit an Anthology? Editors on Pitch, Process, and Publication.” In person. More information
Thursday, March 9, 2023, 12:10 – 1:25 pm. AWP Conference 2023 Panel: “Defying Tradition in Lyric Flash Creative Nonfiction.” In person. More information
Monday, February 6, 2023, 5 – 6:30 pm. The Wet Hex poetry reading and conversation with Heid E. Erdrich and Douglas Kearney, “Burial Rituals of the Habitual Tomorrow.” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. In person and virtual. More information
Thursday, February 2, 2023, 7 – 8:30 pm. The Wet Hex poetry reading at Content Bookstore, Northfield, MN. In person. More information
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 6:30 pm. Conversation with Shannon Gibney for book launch of her new novel The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be. Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN. In person. More information
Where We Come From is listed in The best books to give kids this holiday season, from a bookseller and librarian, MPR News.
Where We Come From listed in “Best books to give for the holidays 2022” by Lisa Von Drasek. More info
September-November, Where We Come From art installation, Stars of the North Story Time Exhibit, MSP Terminal 1, Concourse C, near Gate C18. Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, MN. In-person. More info
Saturday, December 3, 8am – 4pm. Vendor as Tyger Tyger studio. Summit Avenue Artisan Festival, St. Paul, MN. In-person.
Friday, December 2, 7 pm CST. Where We Come From reading and conversation. Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis MN. Free and open to the public. More info
Thursday, December 1, 3:30 – 5 pm CST. IAS Thursdays: The Politics of Futurity. Online. Registration requested
“The Limit Does Not Exist” with Betsy Aoki, Zeina Hashem Beck, Sun Yung Shin & Yanyi. Miami Book Fair. Sunday, November 20 @ 3:30 pm. More info
Saturday, November 12, 1 – 2:30 pm CST. Moving Beyond Rescue and Orphanhood panel. More info
October 29, 2 pm, Where We Come From reading, Wild Rumpus Books for Young Readers, Minneapolis, MN. In-person. More info
October 22, 8 am – 5 pm CST. Where We Come From on display, Story Stroll, Midtown Farmers Market, Minneapolis, MN. In-person. More info
October 15, 10:30 am, Where We Come From co-authors, Twin Cities Book Festival, St. Paul, MN. In-person. More info
October 14, 12:30 pm, author conversations, The Moveable Feast, Heartland Fall Forum, St. Louis, MO. In-person. More info
October 8, evening time tbd, Where We Come From book launch, Moon Palace Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In-person, masked. More info
October 6, 7 pm, poetry reading, Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality, St. Paul, Minnesota. In-person. More info
September 29, 5 pm, poetry reading, Moving Words, Park Rapids, Minnesota. In-person. More info
September 25, 4 pm, poetry reading, River’s Edge, Minneapolis, In-person. RSVP for address: rivers.edge.create@gmail.com
September 17, 1:45 pm, Where We Come From, Children’s Literature Book Festival, Anderson Center, Red Wing, Minnesota. In-person. More info
September 13, 12 pm, A Good Time for the Truth book discussion, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, (staff-only event). Virtual.
Reading from We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. Tuesday, August 30, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM (CST). Online. Free registration at Eventbrite
“Book recommendations that can teach you something new about all 50 states” : NPR
See where to read The Wet Hex in “Twin Cities Reading Benches, Ranked (Plus suggested reading by a local author at each seat)” at RacketMN.com
6/21/22, 5 pm — Loft Leadership Gathering Circle, Minneapolis, private event
6/13/22 — Many Faces of White Bear Lake area, WWHF reading, with Senah and Roy. 6:30-7 pm: Book signing, 7-8 pm: Author discussion, 8 – 8:30: Questions of Authors. Mahtomedi High School Chautauqua Fine Arts Center, FREE with a suggested $10 donation. Books will be able for purchase.
Bomb Magazine, June 9, 2022, ‘The Magic of Utterance: Sun Yung Shin Interviewed by Katya Buresh’
See The Wet Hex in Lit Hub’s “The Ten Best Book Covers of June”
5/19/22, 5:30 pm — Carleton College, Benedict Distinguished Lecturer Talk, Northfield, private event
4/25, Mon — Mankato Blue Earth Library reading, 7pm, Mankato, Minnesota.
4/25, Mon — Minnesota Humanities Center, “Reflection and Renewal through Poetry,” WWHF Storytelling Circle, 6 pm, VIRTUAL (Sun Yung Shin appearing via prerecorded segment)
4/24, Sun — The Long Devotion, Mercy Street. 6 pm, VIRTUAL. Details TBA.
4/12, Tues — Minnesota Voices Book Club: What We Hunger For, Stearns County History Center, 6:30 pm, VIRTUAL
4/9, Sat — Moderating Middle Grade & YA novelists panel for the Adoptee Literary Festival, with authors Mariama J. Lockington, Kosoko Jackson, Meredith Ireland, VIRTUAL & free!
4/6, Wed — Facebook live, “We Are Meant to Rise” reading and panel discussion, with More than a Single Story, Hamline U, Carolyn Holbrook, Erin Sharkey, Kevin Yang. 7 pm, VIRTUAL.