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'''Asha Anderson''' is a poet residing in Nevada but spends most of the time traveling. Her work has appeared in zines and various poetry journals including Byline Magazine, Westwind Review, Skidrow Penthouse, Poetry Motel and Sein und Werden. She also wrote and published five issues of the perzine Reddog Review before suspending the title in 2003.  
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'''Asha Anderson's''' stories and poems have appeared in her own zines and various other publications including Whirligig, Byline Magazine, Westwind Review, Skidrow Penthouse, Sein und Werden, Poetry Motel and Brijibasi Spirit.
  
During the min-1970s, as a member of a remote yoga community in the hills of West Virginia, she wrote and edited for their journal, Brijbasi Spirit. However, by the end of the decade, internal politics had become increasingly repressive and, in an effort to control the press, the editor was murdered. Soon after that, the entire press group left the society and went into hiding. Asha resurfaced in Ashland Oregon and, in the mid-1980s founded the letterpress operation, SkyRiver Press. In 1987, she sold the presses but kept the name, switched to digital and began publishing her zine, Reddog Review. In 2003, after five issues, she suspended that title indefinitely. Some of her other publications include Driftwork and Ash Canyon Review.  
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In the mid-1980s, Anderson founded SkyRiver Press which was, in the beginning, a letter press operation. She later sold the presses and took SkyRiver Press digital. Under its imprint she published her zines Reddog Review, Driftwork and Ghostwriter and was very active in the passionate Usenet discussions and battles on alt.zines. As SkyRiver Press, Asha also collaborated with Michael Barth/Bathtub Productions to produce various interdisciplinary events showcasing a wide range of artists including musicians, poets, actors, storytellers, dancers and mimes.
  
Opinionated and outspoken, Anderson was very active in the discussions and battles in alt.zines until the newsgroup eventually imploded and people began drifting on to other venues. At that time, August of 2003, she established the blog [http://www.ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier] and in 2009 created [http://www.annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse] to host her poetry.  
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When alt.zines imploded Asha, along with many others in alt.zines, moved on to other venues. Her two main blogs are [http://www.ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier], an ongoing narrative from wherever on whatever, and [http://www.annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse] for her poems. Her photos are available on flickr at [https://flickr.com/ashabot/ ashabot]. She also reads at open mic venues whenever possible, whether in or out of the country.
  
Asha resides in Nevada but spends about half the year traveling, writing about and [http://www.panoramio.com/user/2640403?show=best/ photographing] things [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashabot/sets/ as she goes]. She reads at open venues whenever possible, including most of the major cities on the west coast, New York’s lower east side, Florida, Oaxaca, London and Paris.
 
 
  
== External Links ==
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*[http://ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier]
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*[http://annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse]
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== == External Links == ==
*[http://flickrhivemind.net/User/ashabot/ Hive Mind]
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*[http://ashabot.blogspot.com/ blog]
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*[http://annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ poetry]
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*[http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/ashabot/ photos]
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 18:13, 24 August 2015

Asha Anderson's stories and poems have appeared in her own zines and various other publications including Whirligig, Byline Magazine, Westwind Review, Skidrow Penthouse, Sein und Werden, Poetry Motel and Brijibasi Spirit.

In the mid-1980s, Anderson founded SkyRiver Press which was, in the beginning, a letter press operation. She later sold the presses and took SkyRiver Press digital. Under its imprint she published her zines Reddog Review, Driftwork and Ghostwriter and was very active in the passionate Usenet discussions and battles on alt.zines. As SkyRiver Press, Asha also collaborated with Michael Barth/Bathtub Productions to produce various interdisciplinary events showcasing a wide range of artists including musicians, poets, actors, storytellers, dancers and mimes.

When alt.zines imploded Asha, along with many others in alt.zines, moved on to other venues. Her two main blogs are Language Barrier, an ongoing narrative from wherever on whatever, and Anna Sadhorse for her poems. Her photos are available on flickr at ashabot. She also reads at open mic venues whenever possible, whether in or out of the country.



== External Links ==