About Asyia:
Asyia Gover is a writer, artist, educator, and mediator. Her poetry has appeared in the multimedia collections, SEXT (boys who like butterflies, 2011), and From the Vault (Spokane Public Library, 2024). She has written and co-directed three stage plays for youth performers, in partnership with Odyssey Middle School. She has been a featured performer at Foray For The Arts, Get Lit!, Spokane Open Poetry Program, and Terrain. She was raised by and now proudly co-hosts Spokane’s longest-running poetry event, Broken Mic. Additionally, she has been privileged to serve Spokane as a judge for Poetry Out Loud Eastern Washington Regional Finals (2026) and as a guest editor of the Spokane poetry anthology, Down River, Deep Root (Carbonation Press, 2026). She has taught individual and group classes to all age levels on subjects including cannabis culture, critical pedagogy, and creative language.
In April 2026, Asyia launched Camassia Creative Media, a micro-printing service that seeks to elevate community writers and artists by providing flexible, relationship-oriented publishing options.
Asyia completed an Interdisciplinary Concentration at Fairhaven College in 2019, and has also received certifications aligning with Washington State standards in Medical Cannabis Consultation (2017) and Interest-Based Mediation (2023). In March 2024, Asyia received the Washington Mediation Association‘s “Rookie of the Year Award” for her development and management of Whatcom County’s first housing-focused mediation program.
Asyia’s work seeks to capture a queer, third-culture perspective on ordinary life and folk traditions. She and her feline familiar, Cora, have made a home in the liminal space between the Pacific and Inland Northwests. Depending on the season, you might find her harvesting fruits and veggies from the backyard garden, walking along the beach at low tide, curled up with a good book, or spinning donuts in a snowy parking lot. East Side Solitude (Finishing Line Press, 2024) is her first poetry chapbook.
Asyia Gover Poetry & Prose 