Monday, 8 April 2019
The open mike starts at 8:00 (with sign-up prior to that). Shin Yu will come on between 8:40 and 8:50 and give us 20 minutes or so of work.
A 2014 Stranger Genius Award nominee, SHIN YU PAI is the author of several books of poetry, including ENSO (Entre Rios Books, forthcoming), AUX ARCS (La Alameda, 2013), Adamantine (White Pine, 2010), and Equivalence (La Alameda, 2003). Her work has appeared in publications throughout the U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan, The United Kingdom, and Canada. She has been a featured presenter at national and international literary festivals including the Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival and the Montreal Zen Poetry Festival. She has served as an artist in residence for Seattle Art Museum, Town Hall Seattle, and Pacific Science Center and is a former member of the Speakers Bureau for Humanities Washington. She lives and works in Bitter Lake.
Please visit Shin Yu’s fascinating website.
Shin Yu writes site-specific, place-based poetry that she’s printed on apples at Carkeek Park, as well as writing for the page. Here are links to two articles on her past work in public art: Hypoallergenic, Paul Constant.
Shin Yu also creates animations. An example of this part of her work can be found here: HEYDAY
The Stranger describes her work here.
