Kim Shuck’s Poem Celebrates For the Duration (SF Main Library)

H. Flescher

San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and trans poet Heather Flescher celebrate For the Duration, Flescher’s new poetry anthology, with special guests Cassandra Dallett, Lauren Parker and Colleen McKee at SFPL’s Monthly poetry reading. 

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. 

Heather Flescher is a Monterey-based disabled trans woman poet, editor, playwright and activist. She co-founded the Curated Words performance salon and was a regular at the Rubber Chicken Poetry Slam for over a dozen years. For the Duration is her fourth book. 

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