Former Laureate Kim Shuck Writes Collection About Nature, Water, And Justice By Lisa Morehouse Published September 21, 2021 at 12:53 PM PDT Listen • 1:59 Ways To Subscribe NPR One Apple Google Photo by Douglas A. Salin Image of poet Kim Shuck and the cover of her new poetry collection "Exile Heart." Kim Shuck was the San Francisco's poet laureate from 2017 to 2021. She reads from her new collection "Exile Heart."