Ashia Ajani is a sun shower, an overripe nectarine, a carnivorous plant, a glass bead. They are the author of one poetry collection, Heirloom (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023) and a forthcoming collection of lyric essays, Tending the Vines (Timber Press, TBA). Ajani has received fellowships from Tin House, The Watering Hole, Just Buffalo Literary Center, SF Museum of the African Diaspora and Oak Spring Garden Foundation, among others. Her words have been featured in Them., Atmos, Split Lip Magazine and Sierra Magazine. Her writing is a kaleidoscope of her work as an eco-griot & abolitionist.