About me
Ashia Ajani is a sunshower, a glass bead, an overripe nectarine from Denver, CO, Queen City of the Plains and the unceded territory of Cheyenne, Ute and Arapaho peoples now living on unceded Ohlone land. They are an African American Studies lecturer at UC Berkeley and a Climate Resilient Schools Coordinator with Mycelium Youth Network. A recipient of fellowships from the Watering Hole, Tin House and Just Buffalo Literary Center, and SF MoAD, Ajani’s words have been featured in Sierra, ISLE, Atmos, Lithub, World Literature Today and Transition Magazine. She is the author of one poetry collection, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023) and a forthcoming lyric essay collection, Tending the Vines (Timber Press, TBA). Ajani's writing is a kaleidoscope of their work as an eco-griot and abolitionist.