The Unsearchable Self: Writing Poetry in a World of Artificial Intelligence
Workshop Description:
What are the un-Googleable parts of ourselves? In this workshop, we will seek them out. By focusing on sensory detail, memory, and interiority, we will write poems that defy the logic of search engines and data harvesting. This series is about cultivating a poetic voice that is uniquely your own, creating work that is not for an algorithm’s consumption, but for human connection.
Program Details:
- Dates: Wednesdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22 2026
- Meeting Time: 4:15-6:00 PM
- Location: Yurick Studio 123 Douglas Street NSB
- Fee: $20 covers entire series of 4 sessions
- Bring your own writing materials.
Application Process: Pre-registration required. Enrollment limited to 15. Submit through email one or two of your best poems and optionally a brief bio to this address: pimbert@atlanticcenterforthearts.org
An educator, writer, and poet, M.B. McLatchey is the author of six books, including the award-winning titles The Lame God (Utah State University Press), Smiling at the Executioner (Kelsay Books), and Beginner’s Mind (Regal House). Her poetry has been published nationally and internationally and has won several awards, including the American Poet Prize from the American Poetry Journal. Recently serving for ten years as Florida’s Poet Laureate for Volusia County, M.B. is a Poetry Reader for the literary journal SWWIM. M.B. earned her graduate degree in Comparative Literature at Harvard University and teaches classical literature at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Visit her at: www.mbmclatchey.com