Writing
Creative non-fiction, cultural criticism, and art writing are at the center of Ryan-Ashley’s practice. She is currently working on a memoir about girlhood, illness, and belonging, concurrently with an autoethnographical CNF manuscript that exists at the intersection of pathography and ‘90s tabloid culture.
She has published in Farewell Transmission, X-R-A-Y, Rejection Letters, Carolina Quarterly, and others, and produces regularly for “The Deep End.” Links to select work below.
Equitable Access and Meaningful Support for the Arts
Since moving to Portland, I have seen art organizations close, arts funding diminish, and a focus on equitable access to creative opportunities …
Dear Caller
Dear Caller, Allow me to quickly thank you, on behalf of all the team members here at Hidden Agenda, for the piles of money you have spent …
In Conversation with Autumn Knight for “The Deep End”
How does society define productivity and value to suit capital? People are socialized to identify financial productivity …
Runoff
The Youngsville realtor had no answers when we asked why the trees at the edge of the woods bent sideways, why the puddles towards the back …
Drooling Puddle of Goo
My friends are always surprised to learn that 80% of my callers are gay men and sissies. Yes,
they’re two separate groups. There’s some overlap, sure …
Nobody’s Daughter
I was almost five years old, it was Christmas day, and I knew something was wrong because I’d gotten everything I’d asked for …
How to Fall in Love When ….
you’re a Twice-Divorced Middle-Aged White Guy and a Queer, Sex Worker Artist and Neither of You Are Lookingfor Anything Serious … (co-written with Kevin Maloney)
Big Feelings About Bold Colors
It all added up to create a cheap-feeling aesthetic that, rather than elevating the posters to art, actually more deeply positions the posters as not art as advertisements as …
LGBTQ writers explore the …
perils of identity in new, locally published anthology Writing the Walls Down …
Interested in Ryan-Ashley writing for your publication? Please email to inquire.