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New essay up at Pigeon Pages: “Roadmap to a Fire”

on February 24, 2020October 16, 2020 By Ashley Bethard

"What happens when we juxtapose? Do the unrelated become related based on their placement? Do they share energy, tossing it back and forth, creating a link where one didn’t exist before? I sat at the bottom of the stairs for a while and stared at my hands. I couldn’t remember the last time he told [...]

I have a new essay up at one of my dream pubs

on February 15, 2018March 6, 2019 By Ashley Bethard 2 Comments

Let me get this out of the way: I'm really not a cool kid, so I'm just going to let the awkward fangirl in me hang out. I love Catapult literary magazine, and pretty much all of the work they're doing, honestly. The writing is diverse, engaging, and spans a variety of perspectives and topics. [...]

2017 in the rearview, and a pilgrimage to my childhood home

on January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 By Ashley Bethard

The day after Christmas, I loaded up a rental car and drove back home, alone. Not Ohio home, but original home: the place that bore me, that contains just over a third of my life’s memories. 

A tripped wire in the universe

on December 3, 2017November 28, 2017 By Ashley Bethard

"All I wanted was for the summer — that terrible season of loss — to end."

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