Ashley P. Taylor

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Ashley P. Taylor is a Brooklyn-based writer and journalist. Her essays have appeared in LUMINA Online Journal, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Rail, Entropy Magazine, and Catapult. Her essay, "Crying: An Exploration" (BrainDecoder, December, 2015) was listed among the "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2015" in BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2016.

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Für Bess: On Neighbors, Music Parties, and Growing Up

“It was that closeness that led me to notice the gaps that separated us.”

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Ashley P. Taylor
Mar 06, 2017
Places | Where Are You From
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The Writer As Imaginary Friend

To a reader, a writer one has never met can feel like a close friend. That's an illusion. But recognizing that illusion need not leave one sad or lonely.

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Ashley P. Taylor
Apr 17, 2016
Nonfiction Community
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The Unknowable: Writers On Death

Even if a writer dies pen in hand, he or she will not be able to write about what it is like to have died. Death is like an asymptote, something you can approach forever but never reach.

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Ashley P. Taylor
Feb 11, 2016
Nonfiction Community
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Down the Rabbit Hole

“Our teacher would fuss at Alice, but the Caterpillar? Flawless.”

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Ashley P. Taylor
Dec 03, 2015
People | Phantoms