Sun Yung Shin
Sun Yung Shin’shas recently published work in journals and anthologies such as
Encyclopedia: Volumes I and II, Drunken Boat, and
Cerise Press. Her poem "Which Way | Kichicheon | Yankeetown" was recently nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize; she is a 2010 recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant for Literature; in 2008 she received the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry; and in 2007 she was a Bush Foundation Artist Fellow in Literature. Shin is the author of the collection of poems
Skirt Full of Black (
Coffee House Press, 2007); the co-editor of
Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption (
South End Press, 2006); and the author of
Cooper’s Lesson (
Children's Book Press, 2004), a bilingual Korean/English illustrated book for children. A new book of poems,
Rough, And Savage, is forthcoming from
Coffee House Press in fall 2012. She lives in Minnesota where she teaches at the Perpich Center for Arts Education and in colleges and community centers.
First posted on August 9, 2010 8:26 PM
