Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul
Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul (she/they) is a poet obsessed with ancestry, memory, and staying within one's own body. Their work manifests as books, audio projects, and workshops, leaving spells and incantations for others to follow for themselves. Their current manuscript, Thresh & Hold, is a 2021 New Southern Voices Poetry Prize Winner at Hub City Press. Marlanda is the author of i am from a punch & a kiss (2017), a Tin House Own Path Scholar (2021), and the recipient of various awards and grants. Their poems have been published in Screen Door Review, Flycatcher Journal, Emergence Magazine, POETRY Magazine, and elsewhere.