Ashley Keyser is a queer poet and writer based in Chicago. A graduate of the University of Florida's MFA program, she also spent several years teaching in Ukraine with the Peace Corps.
Nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net, Ashley's work has appeared in publications like Pleiades, The Cincinnati Review, Passages North, Best New Poets, and others. Her first book manuscript was a semifinalist for Persea Books' Lexi Rudnitsky prize and for the University of North Texas Press' Vassar Miller prize.
Nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net, Ashley's work has appeared in publications like Pleiades, The Cincinnati Review, Passages North, Best New Poets, and others. Her first book manuscript was a semifinalist for Persea Books' Lexi Rudnitsky prize and for the University of North Texas Press' Vassar Miller prize.