PURE IS
Ashley Somwaru
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Ashley Somwaru is an Indo-Caribbean woman who was born and raised in Queens, New York. She received an MFA in poetry from Queens College, City College of New York. Somwaru has recently published a chapbook in 2021 titled, “Urgent \\ Where the Mind Goes \\ Scattered.” Previous work has been published in Angime, A Gathering Together, Peach Velvet Magazine, No, Dear Magazine, Solstice, and more.