{"product_id":"thresh-hold-paperback","title":"Thresh \u0026 Hold - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarlanda Dekine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarlanda Dekine's debut collection is a holy, radical unlearning and reclamation of self. \u003c\/b\u003eWhat does it mean to be a Gullah-Geechee descendant from a rural place where a third of the nation's founding wealth was harvested by trafficked West and Central Africans? Dekine's poems travel across age and time, signaling that both the past and future exist in the present. Through erasure and persona, Dekine reimagines intergenerational traumas and calls institutions from the Works Progress Administration narratives to modern-day museums to task.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond gospel music, fear, and the stories of generations past, \u003ci\u003eThresh \u0026amp; Hold \u003c\/i\u003eoffers magic, healing, and innovative pathways to manifest intimacy. Dekine remembers, remakes, and brings forth their many selves, traveling far in order to deeply connect to a spiritual home within and all around them, calling: \"I am listening to Spirit. I am not dying today.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarlanda Dekine is the winner of the 2021 New Southern Voices Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarlanda Dekine is a poet and author obsessed with ancestry, memory, and the process of staying within one's own body. Their work leaves spells and incantations for others to follow for themselves. Dekine is the author of the self-published collection and mixtape, \u003ci\u003ei am from a punch \u0026amp; a kiss\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). Their poems have been published or are forthcoming in the \u003ci\u003ePoetry Out Loud Anthology, POETRY Magazine, Emergence Magazine, Southern Humanities Review, Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Dekine is a Tin House Own Path Scholar. They live in South Carolina with their wise dog, Malachi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159353692295,"sku":"9781938235948","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/be38fc805c0b8870f2a6b8e2937e8816.webp?v=1733265998","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/thresh-hold-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}