Ashanti "Shan" AndersonPoet and pre-licensed therapist in Philly

Shan (pronounced "Shawn"), born Ashanti Anderson, is a Black Queer Disabled writer, pre-licensed trauma therapist, and a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts fellow. Shan is the author of Black Under, which won the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition at Black Lawrence Press. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Shan's poems have appeared in POETRY magazine, World Literature Today, and elsewhere. Shan's other published and produced works include essays, research articles, stage plays, screenplays, and [tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). Shan lives in Philly and uses he/they pronouns.

BOOKS
Black Under-POEMS
My Ancestors Who Learned to Read by Staring at the Bible, in Limp Wristsister, pick which battle to win when you choose to lose the war, in The RumpusSlave Ship Haibun; Acrostic for my Last Breaths, in Jet Fuel ReviewSelf-Portrait in Blackface; Self-Portrait as Overseer; Resignation, in Tupelo QuarterlySelf-Portrait as Kendrick Lamar, Laughing to the Bank, in PoetryIf, in World Literature TodayOde to Black Skin, in Poetry (audio available)Cleaning Up Men's Messes; Mamie Till on Carolyn Bryant's Confession, in Foothill JournalGoddam, in Really SystemTeach Me to Float, in Panoply-ESSAYS
Deep Nostalgia-RESEARCH
Eskine, K. E., Anderson, A.E., Sullivan, M., and Golob, E. J., (2018). Effects of music listening on creative cognition and semantic memory retrieval. Psychology of Music, 48(4), 513-528.Anderson, A. E. (2014). College Students’ Perceptions of Various Types of Domestic Violence. XULAneXUS: Xavier University of Louisiana’s Undergraduate Research Journal, 11(1), 43-52.-

STAGE & SCREENStudy Room (2018)
Short Film | Credit: Writer
Winner of the 2018 Haley's Flight Page-to-Screen Short Film Competition.
A young woman races against the clock to finish her term paper on time while being harassed by annoying classmates.

-Bleak Magic (2021)
One Act Play | Credit: Writer
When a conjure woman perfects a potion for "Black power", she uncovers the nefarious desires of her clients. Contact for full script.

-GAMESCome At They Necks
Kick a** — and look good while doing it: a combat-heavy tabletop roleplaying game about vampires.Discomfort Food
A GM-less one-page TTRPG about food insecurity for an unlimited number of players.Be My Neighbor
Help your neighbor (without calling the police): a For The Queen-style storytelling game.