Workshop: 'Be Longing, Be Holding, Be Loving' with poet Jasmine Reid

Join poet Jasmine Reid and SCAD MOA’s Evans Center for African American Studies for the poetry workshop Be Longing, Be Holding, Be Loving.

Reid prompts participants to consider how the poetics of belonging — from borders to portals and sinews — empower us to rearrange language in ways that both witness and transcend systemic issues of displacement and ongoing violence. In collaboration with Reid, referencing poems and theories by poets, participants reckon with how language is deployed to separate and hierarchize, and how it can be reclaimed to extend toward what we long for, what we hold to be true, and what we love.

About the artist
Jasmine Reid is a twice trans poet of flowers. She is the author of the chapbook Deus Ex Nigrum, winner of the 2018 Honeysuckle Press Chapbook Contest, and a recipient of fellowships from Poets House and Jack Jones Literary Arts. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Muzzle Magazine, Apogee, the Shade Journal, and Paper Darts, among others. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated poet, Reid was born and raised in Baltimore, Md., and currently lives in Ithaca, N.Y.

About the Evans Center
Established in 2011, SCAD MOA’s Walter and Linda Evans Center for African American Studies celebrates the imaginative breadth and expressive legacy of African American art and culture. Through experimental public programs, immersive workshops, riveting lectures, and topical symposia, the Evans Center immerses students and community members in the rich tapestry of Black expression.

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This event is free and open to the public.