Ashanti "Shan" Anderson

Ashanti creates to challenge systems standing in the way of individual & collective healing. 

Ashanti Anderson, who also goes by the name Shan, is a Black Queer Disabled writer 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, stage plays, screenplays, and tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs).


Contact: ashanticreates[at]gmail[dot]com

Representation: Nanda Dyssou at Coriolis Company