Asale Angel-Ajani is the author of the novel, A COUNTRY YOU CAN LEAVE and the nonfiction book, STRANGE TRADE. Asale’s held residencies at Djerassi, Playa, Millay Arts, among others, and is a recipient of grants from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations. Originally from California, Asale lives and works in New York City.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Asale Angel-Ajani recommends
Sky Full of Elephants (2024)
Cebo Campbell
"Part Afrofuturism, part delicious fever dream, a lost father and his fractured daughter set out on a road trip toward a misunderstood utopia that reveals the sacred wisdom of who they are and the significance of their people. Cebo Campbell is a master griot, reordering the world with grace, beauty, and deep humanity. Sky Full of Elephants is a thrilling, original work that allows us to look deeply at each other and ask if 'white ain't an idea no more,' what are the unlimited possibilities for the idea of black?"
Study for Obedience (2023)
Sarah Bernstein
"Sarah Bernstein's Study for Obedience is at once a languid and sometimes harrowing journey into the truth of human animals living in a small community and the need for a woman to give voice to the strange and beautiful cruelties of life. This is a unique novel that is primal and eerie, where language creates silence and vivid images reflect a kind of earthiness where our most intimate selves live. The wide praise for Bernstein's remarkable writing is well earned."
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