Sun Yung Shin
Author of A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota
About the Author
Sun Yung Shin is he editor of the best-selling anthology A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota and author of the children's book Cooper's Lesson and three poetry collections, including Unbearable Splendor, winner of a Minnesota Book Award.
Works by Sun Yung Shin
Associated Works
What God Is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color (2019) — Contributor — 18 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1974
- Gender
- female
- Birthplace
- Seoul, South Korea
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Education
- Boston University
Macalester College
University of St. Thomas
Members
Reviews
Lists
South End Press (1)
Youth: Diversity (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 410
- Popularity
- #59,368
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 17
- ISBNs
- 18
I really loved the illustrations (especially the graphs!). I loved the bits on Korean. The most memorable poem in the collection for me was just a tiny fragment of "Autoclonography," -- "you are small again a small i a short thing with a black dot for a face -- we have always wanted a dot for a face -- so much easier to look beautiful every day..."
Ambitious and moving.… (more)