Ajanaé Dawkins
moonsatdusk.bsky.social
Ajanaé Dawkins
@moonsatdusk.bsky.social
Poet. Theologian. Educator. Neurodivergent disco queen. Co-host of the VS Podcast. Theology Editor: @ecotheo
Baby’s first Bluesky announcement ❤️

Gwendolyn Brooks Permissions for named me a Gwendolyn Brooks Living Legacy Honoree in the company of Black women whose work made mine possible and some sister friends ❤️‍🔥
November 25, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Hey Bluesky friends ❤️ I’m a conceptual artist and theologian who works through poetry, visual art, performance, and audio. Here’s a poem I wrote about watching my mother give birth ❤️
November 24, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Introduce yourself with 4 albums
November 23, 2024 at 3:06 AM
My great-grandmother Dorothy’s mink was my first installation. Visitors could sit with it, put on headphones, and listen to me interview her during her final months of life battling cancer. We talked about raising daughters and what she wished she knew before marrying, and her love for travel.
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
If you told me 3 years ago that not only would I be a curator and visual artist with a whole solo exhibition but that my work would be featured on @PBS and @hulu I would have called you a liar but here’s to surprising myself.

Here I talk about working as a Black archivist ❤️
November 19, 2024 at 4:35 PM
November 17, 2024 at 3:48 PM
My chapbook, BLOOD-FLEX, is about (Black) mother daughter relationships, Black girlhood, and coming of age. It debuts Spring 2025 ❤️ here’s a poem from it
November 17, 2024 at 3:46 PM