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Ashanti White is an acclaimed author, poet, and photographer. Her works have appeared in The Commonline Project (formerly The Apocalyptic), Mandala Literary Journal, Callaloo, and Black Enterprise Magazine. She is also contributing editor for the Atlanta based publication, DV8 Magazine. Her debut novel, Chasing Eden, was a commercial and critical success. Razor Blades Between My Teeth, her poetry collection, was called "rich and original" by Library Journal. The review continued: "Words dance through White's poems; her voice is vibrant and sharp, loud when it needs to be, soft when it wants to be; ultimately, it is the delightful music of the language itself that drives these poems."

Ashanti is also a former pageant queen who has held the titles of Miss Black & Gold for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and Miss Johnston County 2006. At the 2006, Miss North Carolina Pageant, Ashant was in the Top Ten and won the Preliminary Swimsuit Award.

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