Author

Ashna Ali

Raised in Italy and based in Brooklyn, Ashna Ali is a queer agender Bangladeshi poet, writer, researcher, and educator. They are invested in community co-creation, advocacy, and cultural activism around social justice issues through art and education. Their poetry and research explore issues of postcolonial migration and diaspora, gender and queer justice, critical race theory, disability and chronic illness, prison abolition, and narrative documentary practices in poetry and visual art. They serve as Assistant Professor of Literature at Bard High School Early College Manhattan and live with their sphynx familiar, Kubo. www.ashnaali.com Twitter: @doctordushtu Instagram: @doctordushtu