Ashley Toliver is an American poet and writer. She lives and works in Portland, Ore.
CONTACT
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toliver.ashley@gmail.com
MORE INFO
Ashley Toliver is the author of Spectra (Coffee House Press), a finalist for the 2018 Believer Book Awards. She teaches poetry at the The Attic Institute in southeast Portland and serves as poetry editor at Moss. A Journal of the Pacific Northwest. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Oregon Literary Arts, the Cave Canem Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets. She received her MFA from Brown University in 2013. A selection of poems available online can be found below.
Upcoming READINGS
Sept. 22nd @ Brooklyn Book Festival with Jake Skeet and Nick Flynn in Brooklyn, NY
Oct. 3rd @ Mother Foucault’s with James Arthur, Keetje Kuipers and Adele Barclay in Portland, OR
Apr. 17 @ Oregon State University with Walt Moore in Corvallis, OR
Recent publications
Lit Hub
PEN America
Quarterly West
Design Observer
Front Porch Journal
BOMB
press & reviews
Katherine Preston reviews Spectra for MAKE Magazine
Robert Manaster reviews Spectra for The Massachusetts Review
Believer Book Awards finalist citation for Spectra
Interview with Scott Simon for NPR Weekend Edition
Starred review for Spectra from Publisher's Weekly