Poet and storyteller Shin Yu Pai explores the rich layers of creativity, identity, and activism through her multidisciplinary work.
In this thought-provoking talk, poet and storyteller Shin Yu Pai delves into the concept of layers—within creativity, time, and identity. From imprinting poetry onto apples in a historic orchard to reclaiming Asian American narratives through her award-winning podcast Ten Thousand Things, Shin Yu shares how art can be a bridge between personal history and public space. She reflects on motherhood, activism, and the power of voice, showing how artistic expression can weave together past, present, and future. A compelling journey through poetry, public art, and storytelling that invites us to explore the many layers of ourselves.
About the speaker
Shin Yu Pai is the former Civic Poet of The City of Seattle (2023-2024). She is a recipient of a Poets Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets and received the 2024 Shelley Memorial Prize for poetic genius from the Poetry Society of America. She is the author of several books including a recent poetry collection, No Neutral (Empty Bowl, 2023). Shin Yu is also co-author of a book on psychedelic microdosing, Small Doses of Awareness (Chronicle Books, 2024). She created and hosted Ten Thousand Things, a podcast on Asian American stories for KUOW, which garnered recognitions from the Asian American Podcasters Association, plus winning a Silver Signal Award and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. Shin Yu's literary papers are held in the Beinecke Collections at Yale University.
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