Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates SF Bay Area Trans Poets

This month we celebrate San Francisco Bay Area trans poets. San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck invites poets Natasha Dennerstein, Dena Rod, Lia le-Nguyen, Cadence Mc Cracken, Mercy Gray and special guests to read from their poetry. Come bring your joy and hear some wonderful poetry.  NOTE: This program takes place in the Latino Room (lower level).

Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San Francisco. Her most recent book of poetry, Pick a Garnet to Sleep In, was published in 2024, and her book of essays, Noodle, Rant, Tangent, was published in 2022. In her term as Poet Laureate, she hosted scores of free poetry and art workshops for all ages at neighborhood libraries and schools and worked closely with San Francisco Public Library and the San Francisco Arts Commission to launch major citywide initiatives to honor Native American Indigenous Peoples' heritage. ar some wonderful poetry.

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