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Doing a thread of my 2020 work(: this was definitely my peak publishing year and I can't thank y'all enough the outpour of love and support. Imma keep tryna do big thangs for y'all:
Started off the year skrong with a dope interview with @Danez_Smif. this was probably one of my favorite conversations about poetry, Blackness, gender fluidity etc. https://www.them.us/story/danez-smith-homie-interview
followed up with a series of profiles on Black queer leaders including the incomportable
@TheBarbaraSmith https://www.them.us/story/barbara-smith-launched-a-black-feminist-revolution
@TheBarbaraSmith https://www.them.us/story/barbara-smith-launched-a-black-feminist-revolution
another on @adriennemaree https://www.them.us/story/adrienne-maree-brown-helping-us-rethink-how-we-organize
one for Bayard Rustin https://www.them.us/story/bayard-rustin-black-queer-activist
and of course, one for Monica Roberts (Rest in Power) https://www.them.us/story/monica-roberts-transgriot-profile
during the first half of the year, I was an editorial fellow for @Sierra_Magazine. My first piece was an interview with my FAVORITE author (!!!) @alexispauline regarding her book, which was published in February Dub: Finding Ceremony https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/making-love-letter-alexis-pauline-gumbs
I reviewed Jenny Offill's Weather: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/wrestling-climate-grief-talk-librarian
I was also doing my nonfiction/poetry thang: I had an essay go up in @SARR_UCR https://sarreview.ucr.edu/clean/
and a poem in the same mag: https://sarreview.ucr.edu/will-you-understand-it/
A poem in @foglifterpress
this was a fun one to write, an article on the behavior science behind lawns https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/love-your-lawn-let-it-grow
a quick peak into Black eco-poetics (i'm so glad the field is flourishing and developing!) https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/8-black-eco-poets-who-inspire-us
s/o to @berkeleyslam and @arvind_n1 for these videos of my work!
and ofc, my favorite long form poem of mine(: My Kin/God Save the Forest
an article looking at the overlap between intensive ag and zoonotic diseases (DISCLAIMER: some of the science needs to be updated since publication, nevertheless the connection is there) https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/blame-it-farm-covid-coronavirus-agricuture-coronavirus-covid-19
and a dive into the intersections of public transportation, public health, race and essential workers https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/black-american-bus-drivers-risk
a REVELATION of a conversation with @jerichobrown https://www.them.us/story/poet-jericho-brown-on-his-life-changing-pulitzer-prize-win
Black queer environmentalism and care ecology (: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/making-it-easier-breathe
a fun little slideshow of Alejandro Prieto's photography of jaguars in southern Mexico https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/slideshow/alejandro-prieto-s-jaguar-story-celebrates-mexico-s-big-cats
a captivating interview with @mickalenethomas that reminded me i can say no to things that do not serve me!! https://www.them.us/story/now-list-2020-mickalene-thomas-interview
a poem in @worldlittoday Black Voice series that continues to haunt me https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/black-voices/running-ashia-ajani
this wavy jawn in @SouthernHReview http://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/533-ashia-ajani-durag.html
a wonderful conversation with the incomparable @hood_naturalist https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2020-5-september-october/act/corina-newsome-helps-hatch-blackbirdersweek (this also appeared in the Sept/Oct print mag)
A fun conversation with @bengarciapoet about queer ecologies and the intricacies of language and sensuality https://www.them.us/story/benjamin-garcia-thrown-in-the-throat-interview
a breathtaking interview with Pamela Sneed regarding her memoir Funeral Diva https://www.them.us/story/read-me-pamela-sneed-funeral-diva-interview
and last but not least, a sweet lil blast in @FrontierPoetry https://www.frontierpoetry.com/2020/12/11/poetry-ashia-ajani/
SKRRRTTTT my bad! also check out my poems in @clavmag 
https://www.clavmag.com/issue-six/3-poems-ashia-ajani
https://www.clavmag.com/issue-six/3-poems-ashia-ajani
