Anesce Dremen

Community

Anesce Dremen is a writer, educator, public speaker, and photographer often found with a tea cup in hand, traveling between the US, China, and India. Wherever in the world Anesce is, she prioritizes being involved in her host community. She values raising awareness about domestic violence and estrangement, encouraging compassionate creativity, promoting mutual understanding among cultures, and eco-friendly engagement.

  • Hosting Poetry Plucked from the Tea Garden workshop at VCW Academy (Pune, India)
  • Surrounded by books, brewing tea with a gooseneck kettle, gaiwan, and fairness pitcher.
  • Volunteering at the Chicago Tea Festival.
  • Brewing tea at a hostel in Munnar, India.
  • Post tea workshop photo with organizers at the VCW Academy.
  • Presenting at the 2024 Midwest Tea Festival
Tea & Writing Workshops

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Interviewedsss & Quoted

  • Anesce Dremen was quoted about her sibling estrangement in the NYTimes.
  • Anesce quoted about the impact of abuse in the work place.
  • Anesce speaks about her experience as a Fulbright, CLS, and Gilman alumna.
Interviewed & Quoted

She has been interviewed by The New York Times, DAME Magazine, ProFellow, and Free From.

  • Anesce asked a question at a film screening at the US Consulate. Photograph courtesy of US Kolkata Consulate.
  • Serving on an AWP panel “Abroad as an Escape: Trauma-Informed Writing and International Exchange”
Public Speaker

Anesce has been a guest speaker at the US Consulate Kolkata, Midwest Tea Festival, AWP, (Women’s Bureau) Department of Labor, and co-hosted an event at the United Nations.

  • Anesce grins behind her booth at Free From’s Survivor Wealth Summit
  • Anesce sells her postcards at Free From’s Survivor Wealth Summit.
  • Anesce showcases anthologies, magazines, and her postcards at The Care Center’s Take Back the Night 2025.
Photographer & Performer

Anesce has performed her original work at Lighthouse, Neon Lit, The Care Center’s Take Back the Night, Samyukta Poetry Festival, Kritya Poetry, The Quaratine Train, and other venues. She has sold postcards featuring her original photography at Free From’s Survivor Wealth Summit and Lighthouse’s artist night.

  • Photograph courtesy of the US Kolkata Consulate. Photograph courtesy of US Kolkata Consulate.
Jeopardy! Boi Mela version

Anesce co-organized and co-hosted a Jeopardy game with the US Consulate for the Kolkata International Book Fair (Boi Mela).

A hands-on workshop which blends collaging and poetry using recycled materials. 

  • Participants in Guwahati, Assam hold up their multimedia, recycled material erasure poems.
  • Students share their ekphrastic poetry at my workshop in VCW in Pune (India).
  • Hosting a creative writing workshop in Cubbon Park, Bengaluru during my first week in India.
Ekphrastic & Erasure poetry Workshops

Hands-on workshop which blends collaging and poetry using recycled materials. 

Interested in inviting Anesce Dremen to host a workshop near you? Do connect.

Photograph courtesy of US Kolkata Consulate.

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