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Ashley Naftule

Freelance Writer. Performer. Chalk Artist.

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Girlysounds, Italian Psych, and Noise, Oh My!

Ashley Naftule October 5, 2018

Here’s a round-up of some of the work I’ve done for Phoenix New Times over the last month. It includes a NIN concert review, an interview with one of the Valley’s best local bands, and essays on Liz Phair, Italian occult psychedelia, and noise-rap.

Nine Inch Nails at Comerica Theatre: Cold and Black and Infinite Sadness

JPEGMAFIA’s Noise Rap Isn’t Easy Listening, It’s Essential Listening

Kristina Moore on Summer Dread and kolezanka’s New EP

Father Murphy Bury Themselves On Their New Album

Liz Phair Isn’t Afraid To Be Girly

 

 

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Apples & Watermelon

Ashley Naftule October 3, 2018

On the poetry/fiction front: I had a pair of pieces go live this week! The folks at formercactus printed a poem by yours truly in their 12th issue, and Coffin Bell Journal ran one of my short stories in their new “Immortals” themed issue. Tickle the click monsters to give ’em a read.

Coffin Bell Journal: 2,500 Applies in America

formercactus: Green On Red

 

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Turning Off The Bullshit Faucet: An Interview with Jessica Hopper

Ashley Naftule October 2, 2018

Last month I got the opportunity to interview Jessica Hopper for Longreads about her (utterly fantastic) new memoir, Night Moves. She also talked about MTV News, gentrification, and how to keep yourself engaged with your work while running on the “hamster wheel” of freelancing.

Longreads: Falling in Love with Chicago at Night: An Interview with Jessica Hopper

 

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Burn, Babies, Burn

Ashley Naftule October 1, 2018

Yesterday was the closing performance of The First Annual Bookburners Convention at Space55. Bookburners was my second full-length play, and I could not be happier with how director Dennis Frederick and the cast (Sky Donovan, Dayna Renee Donovan, Amy Jean Page, Megan Holcomb, Marcella Grassa, Tessa Geelhood, and Julie Peterson) brought my script to life.

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And I wasn’t the only one who was pleased: The show got some pretty strong write-ups from local critics.

BEHOLD!

YabYum Music + Arts: The First Annual Bookburners Convention Lights Up Space55

Downtown Devil: Curtain Critic: The First Annual Book burners is a dark humor delight

Broadway World Phoenix: Space 55 Presents THE FIRST ANNUAL BOOKBURNERS CONVENTION

Valley Screen and Stage: The First Annual Book Burners Convention – Theatre Review: Space 55 Theatre

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Bones, Dog’s Ears, and Nine Inch Nails

Ashley Naftule September 12, 2018

I’ve had a few new pieces go up over the last week: two music articles for Phoenix New Times and a pair of poems for Bone & Ink Press.

Bone & Ink Press

Two Poems by Ashley Naftule

Phoenix New Times

Chris Danowski’s New Book DOGSEAR Is His Fitting Farewell to Phoenix

Nine Inch Nails: Tomorrow’s Classic Rock, Today

 

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