Oakley Ayden
Writer
About
Oakley Ayden (she/her) is an autistic, bisexual writer from North Carolina.
Her words can be found in a number of publications. She is a creative non-fiction reader for The Maine Review and Atticus Review. She lives in Greensboro with her two children and too many foster cats.
Publications
Non-Fiction
Publications
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Ham-Handed, Bi Women Quarterly (2022)
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Holcomb, Reservoir Road Literary Review (2022; Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
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Temple Grandin in a Louisiana Ballroom, South Dakota Review (print, 2022)
Poetry
Publications
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Backroad basilica, Breathe Bold Journal (2023)
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Mojave rattler, Bending Genres (2022)
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Til' he's had his fill, Bending Genres (2022)
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Birthed you secretly, Magpie Literary Journal (2022)
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Sure as hell won't be tellin' ya, The Dillydoun Review (2021)
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Moms who birth their pain instead of children, Motherscope Magazine (print, 2021)
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Mountain mahogany, The Tiger Moth Review (2021)
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Three side yard garden haikus and dad, Fish Barrel Review (2021)
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Rockhard, Anti-Heroin Chic (2021)
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Heartier than the sugared chirps, Anti-Heroin Chic (2021)
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Proper sunrise, Anti-Heroin Chic (2021)
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For pine number 492, Sledgehammer Literary Journal (2021)
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She pines, Blue Bottle Journal (2021)
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Plath's last journal, tossed by ted, Spillover Magazine (2021)
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To the former bird by Big Bear Lake, Spillover Magazine (2021)
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The copperhead and me, Maw: Poetry Journal (2021)
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Backwoods carolina cravings while standing in california a few bocks from the ocean you left virginia for, Sledgehammer Literary Magazine (2021)
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Biscuits, Brave Voices Magazine (2021)
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On Oprah Winfrey road, The Minison Project (2021)
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Shaking down the marrow, The Minison Project (2021)
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Autistic empath, Ghost City Review (2021)
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This autistic guise, Not Very Quiet (2021)
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Thine own tongue, The Cabinet of Heed (2021)
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October snow in amarillo, Neologism Poetry Magazine (2020)