Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey
@foreverasheley.bsky.social
a writer who happens to like immunology research, BJJ, Fall Out Boy, and fashion
M2, UW-Madison MSTP
UCSF Propel Scholar, 2024
UChicago Questbridge Scholar 2021🇬🇭
NaaAshitey.com
M2, UW-Madison MSTP
UCSF Propel Scholar, 2024
UChicago Questbridge Scholar 2021🇬🇭
NaaAshitey.com
Thank you to Tyger Quarterly for publishing these two pieces. Really excited to have them out. tygerquarterly.com/Naa-Asheley-...
Naa Asheley Ashitey — Tyger Quarterly
NAA ASHELEY ASHITEY CONSTITUTIONAL INSCRIPTIONS I comprehend the task at hand, But hear me loud and clear when I...
tygerquarterly.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Thank you to Tyger Quarterly for publishing these two pieces. Really excited to have them out. tygerquarterly.com/Naa-Asheley-...
My final piece for 2025 and it’s an op-ed :). In response to the changes in professional degree classification, I wanted to write about what I felt was being lost in the discourse: that once again, minoritized students, especially low-income students....
Student loan cuts for health professionals
New federal student loan cuts reclassify nursing and PA degrees as "non-professional," threatening diversity and exacerbating the health care shortage. Learn more.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My final piece for 2025 and it’s an op-ed :). In response to the changes in professional degree classification, I wanted to write about what I felt was being lost in the discourse: that once again, minoritized students, especially low-income students....
End of 2025, aka a bunch of poetry posts finally coming home.
Big thank you to @thebrusselsreview.bsky.social for giving these four pieces a home. Check them out:
thebrusselsreview.com/naa-asheley-...
Big thank you to @thebrusselsreview.bsky.social for giving these four pieces a home. Check them out:
thebrusselsreview.com/naa-asheley-...
"Uncomfortable" By Naa Asheley Ashitey
A searing meditation on generational trauma, systemic violence, and the need to reject sanitized truths in favor of revolutionary clarity. “If man can understand the words of Kant and King, then surel...
thebrusselsreview.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
End of 2025, aka a bunch of poetry posts finally coming home.
Big thank you to @thebrusselsreview.bsky.social for giving these four pieces a home. Check them out:
thebrusselsreview.com/naa-asheley-...
Big thank you to @thebrusselsreview.bsky.social for giving these four pieces a home. Check them out:
thebrusselsreview.com/naa-asheley-...
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Poem "Work Orders" by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey
“Yesterday, I accidently tripped on that annoying part of the stairway that has now accumulated eight different work orders.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
“Yesterday, I accidently tripped on that annoying part of the stairway that has now accumulated eight different work orders.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
work orders — Blood+Honey
by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey “Yesterday, I accidently tripped on that annoying part of the stairway that has now accumulated eight different work orders.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Poem "Work Orders" by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey
“Yesterday, I accidently tripped on that annoying part of the stairway that has now accumulated eight different work orders.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
“Yesterday, I accidently tripped on that annoying part of the stairway that has now accumulated eight different work orders.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
Reposted by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey
The light is on for Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey! @foreverasheley.bsky.social💡
“I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears” is a profoundly moving and urgent poem, leaping forward with a striking intention.
Check out her gorgeous writing over at the site!
“I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears” is a profoundly moving and urgent poem, leaping forward with a striking intention.
Check out her gorgeous writing over at the site!
I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears - Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey — Bulb Culture Collective
Mother, father, forgive me, for I have sinned.
www.bulbculturecollective.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The light is on for Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey! @foreverasheley.bsky.social💡
“I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears” is a profoundly moving and urgent poem, leaping forward with a striking intention.
Check out her gorgeous writing over at the site!
“I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears” is a profoundly moving and urgent poem, leaping forward with a striking intention.
Check out her gorgeous writing over at the site!
Reposted by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey
Check out our latest poem, Despite what Mitski said, I still think that this land is hospitable, by Naa Asheley Ashitey 👀 📖 🌎
#queerlit #poetry #lgbtqia #literaryjournal #read #write #literature
#queerlit #poetry #lgbtqia #literaryjournal #read #write #literature
Despite what Mitski said, I still think that this land is hospitable by Naa Asheley Ashitey — AC | DC A Journal for the Bent
Poetry
www.acdclit.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Check out our latest poem, Despite what Mitski said, I still think that this land is hospitable, by Naa Asheley Ashitey 👀 📖 🌎
#queerlit #poetry #lgbtqia #literaryjournal #read #write #literature
#queerlit #poetry #lgbtqia #literaryjournal #read #write #literature
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Noms for BSF 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Congrats & good luck!
* Cutie With the... by Janel Comeau
* I Ran Into Your New Girlfriend... by Nora Wagner
* On the bright side… by Naa Asheley Ashitey
* Rotting by Jamie Vincent
* The Air by Nicole Callihan
The Marionette by Ivan Niccolai made 𝐁𝐒𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!
* Cutie With the... by Janel Comeau
* I Ran Into Your New Girlfriend... by Nora Wagner
* On the bright side… by Naa Asheley Ashitey
* Rotting by Jamie Vincent
* The Air by Nicole Callihan
The Marionette by Ivan Niccolai made 𝐁𝐒𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Noms for BSF 2026 @altcurrent.bsky.social Congrats & good luck!
* Cutie With the... by Janel Comeau
* I Ran Into Your New Girlfriend... by Nora Wagner
* On the bright side… by Naa Asheley Ashitey
* Rotting by Jamie Vincent
* The Air by Nicole Callihan
The Marionette by Ivan Niccolai made 𝐁𝐒𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!
* Cutie With the... by Janel Comeau
* I Ran Into Your New Girlfriend... by Nora Wagner
* On the bright side… by Naa Asheley Ashitey
* Rotting by Jamie Vincent
* The Air by Nicole Callihan
The Marionette by Ivan Niccolai made 𝐁𝐒𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!
Excited to have these three pieces out. Thank you to Michigan City Review of Books for giving g these poems a home. Check them out:
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_N...
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_N...
Three Poems by Naa Ashitey
mcrb.neocities.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Excited to have these three pieces out. Thank you to Michigan City Review of Books for giving g these poems a home. Check them out:
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_N...
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_N...
Thank you so much for giving this piece another home. Appreciate places like @bulbculture.bsky.social making sure folks can still repost their work when the original places may have gone down/gone away
The light is on for Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey! @foreverasheley.bsky.social💡
“I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears” is a profoundly moving and urgent poem, leaping forward with a striking intention.
Check out her gorgeous writing over at the site!
“I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears” is a profoundly moving and urgent poem, leaping forward with a striking intention.
Check out her gorgeous writing over at the site!
I have to wash my pillowcase twice a week because I hate the smell of my tears - Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey — Bulb Culture Collective
Mother, father, forgive me, for I have sinned.
www.bulbculturecollective.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thank you so much for giving this piece another home. Appreciate places like @bulbculture.bsky.social making sure folks can still repost their work when the original places may have gone down/gone away
today is full of announcements, I have another piece out in AUTOCORRECT. I wrote this piece on the way to my MSTP retreat and I clearly had a lot of feelings that day for some reason lol. Really honored to have it out: www.autocorrectmag.com/02/ashitey.h...
AUTOCORRECT TWO: NAA ASHELEY ASHITEY
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December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
today is full of announcements, I have another piece out in AUTOCORRECT. I wrote this piece on the way to my MSTP retreat and I clearly had a lot of feelings that day for some reason lol. Really honored to have it out: www.autocorrectmag.com/02/ashitey.h...
I've wanted this piece out for so long and it was rejected so many times I almost completely gave up submitting it. So it means a lot having it out. Here is a very vulnerable but healing poem I wrote titled "When the Bell Rings for the Last Time"
www.twinbirdreview.com/32---p---ash...
www.twinbirdreview.com/32---p---ash...
Naa Ashitey & Michael C. Roberts
"When the bell rings for the last time" by Naa Ashitey, featuring artwork by Michael C. Roberts. Twin Bird Review, issue 3.2 / Winter 2025.
www.twinbirdreview.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've wanted this piece out for so long and it was rejected so many times I almost completely gave up submitting it. So it means a lot having it out. Here is a very vulnerable but healing poem I wrote titled "When the Bell Rings for the Last Time"
www.twinbirdreview.com/32---p---ash...
www.twinbirdreview.com/32---p---ash...
Also have this short micro poem piece out in
@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social . Didn't realize it came out awhile ago (oops), but I really love this piece. Another visceral piece but it's honest. Check it out: www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social . Didn't realize it came out awhile ago (oops), but I really love this piece. Another visceral piece but it's honest. Check it out: www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
work orders — Blood+Honey
by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey “Yesterday, I accidently tripped on that annoying part of the stairway that has now accumulated eight different work orders.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Also have this short micro poem piece out in
@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social . Didn't realize it came out awhile ago (oops), but I really love this piece. Another visceral piece but it's honest. Check it out: www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social . Didn't realize it came out awhile ago (oops), but I really love this piece. Another visceral piece but it's honest. Check it out: www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/work-...
Excited to have a new piece out in AC|DC. It is def on the "spicer" side but it became a favorite of mine and I'm happy it finally has a home: www.acdclit.com/ashitey-naa
Despite what Mitski said, I still think that this land is hospitable by Naa Asheley Ashitey — AC | DC A Journal for the Bent
Poetry
www.acdclit.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excited to have a new piece out in AC|DC. It is def on the "spicer" side but it became a favorite of mine and I'm happy it finally has a home: www.acdclit.com/ashitey-naa
Thank you to Discount Guillotine for giving this piece a home: www.discountguillotine.com/journal/naa-...
NAA ASHELEY ASHITEY — DISCOUNT GUILLOTINE
I who have never relied on substances stronger than Wellbutrin to get me to catch the 7:27am bus The light hasn’t necessarily turned off, but I can see how muted it becomes after a few puffs. ...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thank you to Discount Guillotine for giving this piece a home: www.discountguillotine.com/journal/naa-...
Thank you to MedPage Today @Genevieve Friedman for giving me a platform to share this important topic and hopefully remind physicians and healthcare staff the field that we love, is still complicit and engaging in much harm especially towards Black woman.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Black Women Shouldn't Have to Engineer Their Survival in the Delivery Room
Medical racism is not a bygone problem
www.medpagetoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thank you to MedPage Today @Genevieve Friedman for giving me a platform to share this important topic and hopefully remind physicians and healthcare staff the field that we love, is still complicit and engaging in much harm especially towards Black woman.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
thank you to Rundelania for publishing this piece. Really proud of it: rundelania.com/9325-2/
RUNDELANIA
Resting [Bitch] Black Girl Face by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey NA – Resting [Bitch] Black Girl FaceDownload Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey (She/Her/Hers) is a Chicago-born writer an…
rundelania.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
thank you to Rundelania for publishing this piece. Really proud of it: rundelania.com/9325-2/
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"There are already enough barriers pushing marginalized students out of medicine. Let's make sure hunger isn't one of them."
In an #OpEd, second-year MD-PhD student Naa Asheley Ashitey discusses the impact of SNAP benefit cuts.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118288?trw=no
In an #OpEd, second-year MD-PhD student Naa Asheley Ashitey discusses the impact of SNAP benefit cuts.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118288?trw=no
Opinion | Medical Students Need to Eat Too
How SNAP cuts threaten future physicians
www.medpagetoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"There are already enough barriers pushing marginalized students out of medicine. Let's make sure hunger isn't one of them."
In an #OpEd, second-year MD-PhD student Naa Asheley Ashitey discusses the impact of SNAP benefit cuts.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118288?trw=no
In an #OpEd, second-year MD-PhD student Naa Asheley Ashitey discusses the impact of SNAP benefit cuts.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118288?trw=no
Thank you to MedPage Today for giving me a place to share this op-ed and important topic.
@medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
@medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Medical Students Need to Eat Too
How SNAP cuts threaten future physicians
www.medpagetoday.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thank you to MedPage Today for giving me a place to share this op-ed and important topic.
@medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
@medpagetoday.com @gfriedman.bsky.social
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Canvas is down so that means I’m writing poetry instead of prepping for clinical skills lmao
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Canvas is down so that means I’m writing poetry instead of prepping for clinical skills lmao
Thank you Taylor and Brawl Lit for accepting this piece and giving me a chance to share a bit more about myself.
Crazy to think how I wrote this back in July/august, and how much more relevant it has gotten.
CW for lynching related imagery.
www.brawllit.com/2025/naa-ash...
Crazy to think how I wrote this back in July/august, and how much more relevant it has gotten.
CW for lynching related imagery.
www.brawllit.com/2025/naa-ash...
Naa Asheley Ashitey — BRAWL
www.brawllit.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thank you Taylor and Brawl Lit for accepting this piece and giving me a chance to share a bit more about myself.
Crazy to think how I wrote this back in July/august, and how much more relevant it has gotten.
CW for lynching related imagery.
www.brawllit.com/2025/naa-ash...
Crazy to think how I wrote this back in July/august, and how much more relevant it has gotten.
CW for lynching related imagery.
www.brawllit.com/2025/naa-ash...
I’ve had a long love hate relationship with my skin. Still do. But I’m much better at admitting my faults and vices than I used to. Thank you to the Inflectionist Review for giving this piece I began writing a few years ago a home.
www.inflectionism.com/21-naa-ashel...
www.inflectionism.com/21-naa-ashel...
The Inflectionist Review - Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey, How to clear hyperpigmentation
www.inflectionism.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’ve had a long love hate relationship with my skin. Still do. But I’m much better at admitting my faults and vices than I used to. Thank you to the Inflectionist Review for giving this piece I began writing a few years ago a home.
www.inflectionism.com/21-naa-ashel...
www.inflectionism.com/21-naa-ashel...
Reposted by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey
Read more by @foreverasheley.bsky.social in The B'K Mag, Vol 16, Issue 3: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Read more by @foreverasheley.bsky.social in The B'K Mag, Vol 16, Issue 3: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
still can't believe I have a poem out in Hobart. Thank you again to Elizabeth. Check it out: www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
Brain fog by Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey
There were so many signs that this was ending months ago. And yet when I went to go make the bed this morning, only now did that I only had two pillows to fluff instead of four. I don’t fully recall when I realized that the smoke detector w
www.hobartpulp.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
still can't believe I have a poem out in Hobart. Thank you again to Elizabeth. Check it out: www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
I remember the night I wrote this piece, something overcame me and instead of crying, the tears I would’ve shed became these words instead. Thank you to Abstract Magazine for giving me a space to share thoughts that might not be pretty, but they’re honest abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/08/27/i...
I found (a better) cure to growing older by Naa Asheley Ashitey - Abstract Mag TV
Art: Descending Vine, Stream by Léni Paquet-Morante
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August 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I remember the night I wrote this piece, something overcame me and instead of crying, the tears I would’ve shed became these words instead. Thank you to Abstract Magazine for giving me a space to share thoughts that might not be pretty, but they’re honest abstractmagazinetv.com/2025/08/27/i...
I actually can’t believe I’m announcing this but I will have a piece coming out in Hobart!!!! This has been a dream publication of mine forever and I can’t believe it’s happening. Can’t wait to share it with you all once it’s out. Big thank you to Elizabeth for accepting this piece!!!
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I actually can’t believe I’m announcing this but I will have a piece coming out in Hobart!!!! This has been a dream publication of mine forever and I can’t believe it’s happening. Can’t wait to share it with you all once it’s out. Big thank you to Elizabeth for accepting this piece!!!