Shin Yu Pai

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Adamantine (White Pine Press, 2010), Haiku Not Bombs (Booklyn Artists Alliance, 2008), Sightings: Selected Works (2000-2005) (1913 Press, 2007), Works on Paper (Convivio Bookworks, 2007), Unnecessary Roughness (xPress(ed), 2005), Equivalence (La Alameda Press, 2003), Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers (Third Ear Books, 1998)

Chapbooks:

Nearly Invisible (Longhouse, 2011)

Anthologies:

For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals (Bootstrap Productions, 2007), The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century (Cracked Slab Books, 2007), The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry, ed. A. Schelling (Wisdom Publications, 2005), America Zen: A Gathering of Poets, edited by Larry Smith & Ray McNiece (Bottom Dog Press, 2004), Tokens: Contemporary Poetry of the Subway (P&Q Press, 2003)

Journals:

580 Split, Can We Have Our Ball Back, Columbia Poetry Review, Foursquare, Gastronomica, Origin, Ping Pong, Rhino Magazine, Sentence, Spinning Jenny, Tin Fish

Prizes:

Life of Discovery Fellowship, 2009; smART Ventures Grant, 2009; 4Culture Grant, 2008, 2009; Soul Mountain Fellowship, 2007; MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 2003, 2004; Cambridge Arts Council Grant, 2003; Puffin Foundation Grant, 2000

Personal Favorites

Favorite Authors:

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Sherwin Bitsui, Paul Bowles, Ben Fountain, Lisa Gill, Mike O'Connor, Peter Levitt, Arthur Sze, Nathaniel Tarn, Natasha Trethewey, Brian Turner, David Yoo

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Listing last updated: July 19, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Buddhist, Chinese American

Prefers to work with:

Seniors, Teachers

Fluent in:

Spanish

Agent:

Katya Min

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews