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'''Asha Anderson''' is a poet living in Nevada. Her work has appeared in various publications including Byline Magazine, Westwind Review, Skidrow Penthouse and Poetry Motel. She wrote and published five issues of the the [[zine]] [[Reddog Review]] before suspending the title in 2003.
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'''Asha Anderson''' is a west coast poet, blogger and photographer who currently spends most of the year traveling in Europe and Asia.  
  
During the 1970s, Asha Anderson was the assistant editor and writer for the ''Brijbasi Spirit'', a journal published for a yoga community in West Virginia, where she lived at the time. The editor disappeared under suspicious circumstances and she and the rest of the press group left the society shortly after that as the political climate became increasingly more hostile and dangerous. Following a few years in seclusion, she reemerged in Ashland, Oregon and founded SkyRiver Press, a letterpress operation which ran briefly before being dissolved by divorce in 1987.
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Along with poet Robert Richkin, Anderson wrote for and published Brijbasi Spirit. She later established SkyRiver Press, a letterprss operation, edited and published Ash Canyon Review and published five issues of the zine Reddog Review before suspending the title in 2003.
  
Opinionated and outspoken, Asha Anderson was very active in the discussions and battles in [[alt.zines]] until the newsgroup finally imploded and people drifted on to other venues. At that time, August of 2003, she established the blog Language Barrier and a few years later got involved with Ash Canyon Poets, a long standing group in Carson City, Nevada. She was the driving force behind the creation of Ash Canyon Review and website. However, due to a variety of reasons, these projects were short-lived. Following that, she launched Driftwork, the zine and website. This had an anything goes format more to her liking but she abandon it to travel in Mexico and Central America.
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She also published two one-of zines Driftwork and Ghostwriter and her poetry has appeared in zines and various poetry journals including The Whirligig, Byline Magazine, Westwind Review, Skidrow Penthouse, Poetry Motel and Sein und Werden.  
  
Asha resides in Nevada and remains connected to Ash Canyon Poets. She spends about half the year traveling.  
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Opinionated and outspoken, Anderson was very active in the discussions and battles in alt.zines until the newsgroup imploded and people began moving on to other venues. 
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Anderson abandoned her website, ashbot.com, in 2003 and took up blogging with a vengeance. Her two main blogs are [http://www.ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier], an ongoing, catch all narrative on whatever and [http://www.annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse],  where she publishes her poetry.
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Her main photo site is located at [https://flickr.com/ashabot/ ashabot]. She reads at open venues whenever possible, including New York’s lower east side, Florida, Oaxaca, London, Paris and most of the major cities on the west coast.
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== == External Links == ==
  
== External Links ==
 
 
*[http://ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier]
 
*[http://ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier]
 
*[http://annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse]
 
*[http://annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse]
 
*[http://flickrhivemind.net/User/ashabot/ Hive Mind]
 
*[http://flickrhivemind.net/User/ashabot/ Hive Mind]
*[http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashabot/ Photos]
 
*[http://www.tbreeden.com/ash-canyon-poets.html/ Ash Canyon Poets]
 
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 08:48, 6 July 2015

Asha Anderson is a west coast poet, blogger and photographer who currently spends most of the year traveling in Europe and Asia.

Along with poet Robert Richkin, Anderson wrote for and published Brijbasi Spirit. She later established SkyRiver Press, a letterprss operation, edited and published Ash Canyon Review and published five issues of the zine Reddog Review before suspending the title in 2003.

She also published two one-of zines Driftwork and Ghostwriter and her poetry has appeared in zines and various poetry journals including The Whirligig, Byline Magazine, Westwind Review, Skidrow Penthouse, Poetry Motel and Sein und Werden.

Opinionated and outspoken, Anderson was very active in the discussions and battles in alt.zines until the newsgroup imploded and people began moving on to other venues.

Anderson abandoned her website, ashbot.com, in 2003 and took up blogging with a vengeance. Her two main blogs are Language Barrier, an ongoing, catch all narrative on whatever and Anna Sadhorse, where she publishes her poetry. Her main photo site is located at ashabot. She reads at open venues whenever possible, including New York’s lower east side, Florida, Oaxaca, London, Paris and most of the major cities on the west coast.



== External Links ==