Ajanaé Dawkins
Ajanaé Dawkins is a Black poet, performance artist, conceptual artist, and theologian based in Columbus, Ohio. Her work explores faith, grief, sensuality, and intimacy among Black women. She also writes essays that blend criticism, memoir, and theology. Her chapbook BLOOD-FLEX won the 2024 New Delta Review chapbook prize and was published by New Delta Review. She has held residencies at the Taft Museum and Ohio State University's Urban Arts Space and was a 2025 Writing Freedom Fellow.