Ashleah Gonzales
On Inspirations from Youth, Romanticizing the Self, and Cool Girl Lit in Her Debut Poetry Collection, ‘Fake Piñata’
Conversations with writers and editors about what matters in the industry.
On Inspirations from Youth, Romanticizing the Self, and Cool Girl Lit in Her Debut Poetry Collection, ‘Fake Piñata’
On the Idealized Artist Life, Garnering Sense of Self Through Friendship, How to Make a Writing Group Last, and Her Essay Collection ‘First Love’
On Finding Humor in Grief, Riding the Residency Wave, How Mothering Informs Writing, and Her Debut Chapbook, ‘Landsickness’
On Manifestos, Why America Hates Artists, Banning Success From Her Vocabulary, and Her New Book ‘Art Monster’
On Mothering, Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness, Starting a Book at 43, and Her Debut Memoir ‘Hell Gate Bridge’
On Writing About Erasure, MFAs Conversations on Cultural Identity, Newark, and Her Short Story Collection ‘I’ll Give You a Reason’
On Mothers as Monoliths, Psychedelics, Burning Ourselves Down for Clarity, and Her Debut Novel ‘We Were the Universe’
On Staying Sane While Launching a Book, the Dire State of Publishing, Taking Herself to Church, and Her Story Collection ‘You Are the Snake’
On Writing as a Portal to the Divine, Dismantling Self-Limiting Beliefs in Writing, Failure as Redirection, and Their Debut Poetry Collection, ‘Gospel of a Whole Sun’
On Writing About Historical Events, Talismans, the Importance of Sharing Black Stories, and Her Debut Novel ‘The Peach Seed’
On Creating a Unique Voice, the Gym as an Escape, and Balancing Tenderness and Humor
On “Halloween” as a Coming-Out Story, Horror as Comfort, the Queer Canon, and His Debut Memoir, ‘The Long Hallway’