Asha Dore

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Seattle, WA
Washington US
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Author's Bio

Asha Dore is a writer and illustrator. She teaches college writing and is a speech-language pathologist. Her essays, stories, and poems have won Best of the Net in CNF and appeared in Gulf Coast, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, River Teeth, Vol. 1, Brooklyn, and elsewhere. Her newsletter can be found at writingtruth.substack.com.

Asha is a founding editor of Parley Lit. She runs a literary interview podcast, Totally Biased Reviews.

Asha is also a visual artist, animator, editor, and a playwright. Her murals have appeared and disappeared in various cities in the Deep South and Pacific Northwest. Asha’s visual art and film can be found here. She is the associate director of art and marketing for Parley Productions. Find examples of her marketing and graphic design on her personal Instagram page, Parley Lit’s Insta, and Parley Production’s Insta.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Disfigure Studies (Florida Review Publications, 2019)
Journals: , ,
Heavy Feather Review
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Mutha Magazine
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Prizes won: 

Best of the Net, 2010

  • This Beauty Can Stay (Memoir)

    • Big Moose Prize Semi-Finalist, Black Lawrence Press 2023

  • Still Human (Fiction)

    • Dzanc Prize for Fiction

      Longlist, 2023

  • Figure Studies (CNF, Hybrid) Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize, 2024

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Maggie Nelson, Lidia Yuknavitch, Shane Hinton, Temim Fruchter, Joshua Mohr, Ocean Vuong

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Pensacola, FL
Florida
Raised in: 
Pensacola, FL
Florida
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Last update: Sep 25, 2024