BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.bgcpda.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:5516bf45-03fd-4bca-86ad-d80adbbc3b9f X-WR-CALDESC:An in-person poetry class exploring our complex relationships with family and ancestry through our writing and literary tools\n\nCome jo in us for a series of writing workshops led by our Poet Laureate\, Marland a Dekine! Get inspired by our relationship to family and ancestors and lea rn how to express your thoughts and feelings through poetry. Participants will investigate why writing about our family can be difficult and complex \, including how families change over time and effective ways to be authen tic and ethical. Through studying craft techniques\, including psychic dis tance\, voice\, tone\, simile\, metaphor\, etc.\, we will use the epistola ry and narrative forms to write poems about our family and ancestors. Pers onal family stories or memories will be remembered to generate new poems. \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 14\, 2025\n\nTime: 10:00 AM\n\nLocation: Carvers Bay Library\n\nNo experience is necessary. Bring your creativity and an op en mind. Let's write together and celebrate the world around us!\n\nMarlan da Dekine is the author of the poetry collection\, Thresh & Hold (Hub City Press)\, noted as a 'stirring debut' by The New York Times. Celebrated in the Gramophone for her “intimate and epic perspectives” on American ident ity in Ars Poetica she has received fellowships and awards\, including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission\, a G overnor’s Award from SC Humanities\, a Palm Beach Poetry Festival Langston Hughes Fellowship\, a Tin House Scholarship\, and the New Southern Voices Poetry Prize from Hub City Press. Dekine is the first Poet Laureate of Ge orgetown County Libraries. She has collaborated with artists of various me diums\, including Brittany J. Green (Composer)\, Douglas Boyce (Composer)\ , Kelley Hollis (Soprano)\, Omar Najmi (Composer)\, L'Merchie Frazier (Vis ual Artist)\, Mahkia Greene (Filmmaker)\, and Lisa Neher (Composer). Her p oems have been published in journals and magazines\, including Orion\, Oxf ord American\, Callaloo\, and POETRY. Dekine owns {unnamed}\, LLC which ut ilizes the arts and publishing to guide people\, communities\, and organiz ations to their deepest selves through intentional dialogue and designing transcendent programming. She is also the creator of i am from a punch & a kiss\, SOUL: An Ancestor Workshop\, and Speaking Down Barriers\, a nonpro fit for equity and justice. Dekine earned degrees from Furman University ( BA in Psychology)\, the University of South Carolina (Master of Social Wor k)\, and Converse University (Master of Fine Arts in Poetry). X-WR-RELCALID:da11fb2032f11a79d0370facc979d71f X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20251102T020000 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20260308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74018114-28b4-45a1-be74-7154b361b0d5 DTSTAMP:20260501T085540Z DESCRIPTION:An in-person poetry class exploring our complex relationships w ith family and ancestry through our writing and literary tools\n\nCome joi n us for a series of writing workshops led by our Poet Laureate\, Marlanda Dekine! Get inspired by our relationship to family and ancestors and lear n how to express your thoughts and feelings through poetry. Participants w ill investigate why writing about our family can be difficult and complex\ , including how families change over time and effective ways to be authent ic and ethical. Through studying craft techniques\, including psychic dist ance\, voice\, tone\, simile\, metaphor\, etc.\, we will use the epistolar y and narrative forms to write poems about our family and ancestors. Perso nal family stories or memories will be remembered to generate new poems.\n \nDate: Thursday\, May 14\, 2025\n\nTime: 10:00 AM\n\nLocation: Carvers Ba y Library\n\nNo experience is necessary. Bring your creativity and an open mind. Let's write together and celebrate the world around us!\n\nMarlanda Dekine is the author of the poetry collection\, Thresh & Hold (Hub City P ress)\, noted as a 'stirring debut' by The New York Times. Celebrated in t he Gramophone for her “intimate and epic perspectives” on American identit y in Ars Poetica she has received fellowships and awards\, including an In dividual Artist Fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission\, a Gov ernor’s Award from SC Humanities\, a Palm Beach Poetry Festival Langston H ughes Fellowship\, a Tin House Scholarship\, and the New Southern Voices P oetry Prize from Hub City Press. Dekine is the first Poet Laureate of Geor getown County Libraries. She has collaborated with artists of various medi ums\, including Brittany J. Green (Composer)\, Douglas Boyce (Composer)\, Kelley Hollis (Soprano)\, Omar Najmi (Composer)\, L'Merchie Frazier (Visua l Artist)\, Mahkia Greene (Filmmaker)\, and Lisa Neher (Composer). Her poe ms have been published in journals and magazines\, including Orion\, Oxfor d American\, Callaloo\, and POETRY. Dekine owns {unnamed}\, LLC which util izes the arts and publishing to guide people\, communities\, and organizat ions to their deepest selves through intentional dialogue and designing tr anscendent programming. She is also the creator of i am from a punch & a k iss\, SOUL: An Ancestor Workshop\, and Speaking Down Barriers\, a nonprofi t for equity and justice. Dekine earned degrees from Furman University (BA in Psychology)\, the University of South Carolina (Master of Social Work) \, and Converse University (Master of Fine Arts in Poetry). DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T110000 LOCATION:13048 Choppee Road\, Hemingway\, SC 29554 US SUMMARY:Poet Laureate Writing Workshops: Writing the Family END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR