This interview most recently aired in the April 12, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents.
What’s it like to be San Francisco Poet Laureate? Kim Shuck gives us insight on her experience. She also talks about her writing, beading artistry and being directly impacted by the epidemic of missing and murdered Native American women.
Kim is of Cherokee and Polish heritage. She lost her daughter to violence in 2012. The tragedy inspired her award-winning book Murdered Missing. She isn't taking any money from book sales, but half of the proceeds go to Sovereign Bodies Institute, which gathers data on violence against Native women.
