Aisha Sasha John

Poet, choreographer, and performer Aisha Sasha John is the author of I have to live (McClelland & Stewart 2017), finalist for the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize; THOU (Book*hug, 2014), finalist for the 2015 Trillium Book Award; and the chapbook TO STAND AT THE PRECIPICE ALONE AND REPEAT WHAT IS WHISPERED (UDP, 2021), now in its second edition. John’s choreographic work, DIANA ROSS DREAM (Danse-cité), was developed during a 2019-2022 choreographic residency at Dancemakers in Toronto and premiered in fall 2022. John earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and a BA in African Studies and Semiotics from the University of Toronto.