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Ashleah Gonzales Made Kendall Jenner a Literary It-Girl. Now, She's a Published Poet.

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Kendall Jenner reading Miranda July. Kendall Jenner reading Melissa Broder. Kendall Jenner reading Chelsea Hodson—on a yacht, in Miami, wearing an orange bikini that perfectly complements the purple cover of Tonight I’m Someone Else. In the summer of 2019, every other paparazzi shot of the supermodel featured a hot alt-lit title as accessory. The person responsible for her curated stack? Her modeling agent, Ashleah Gonzales. Gonzales had no idea that a birthday tradition with her client and friend would change her own life. But this week, she is releasing Fake Piñata, her first published writing, with Rose Books, the small press Hodson launched last year. In the collection of some 70 poems, it might as well be summer all the time. Gonzales is a wry observer of hazy, sticky relationships: “Baggy white one piece / on a high dive slim / ready and scared / sure but alone,” she writes. “I’ll jump in any way I wish…” She has a flair for the contemporary, dropping playful references between a

LIT Ashleah Gonzales Made Kendall Jenner a Literary It-Girl. Now, She’s a Published Poet. By Greta Rainbow May 22, 2024 Photo courtesy of Ashleah Gonzales. Kendall Jenner reading Miranda July. Kendall Jenner reading Melissa Broder. Kendall Jenner reading Chelsea Hodson —on a yacht, in Miami, wearing an orange bikini that perfectly complements the purple cover of Tonight I’m Someone Else . In the summer of 2019, every other paparazzi shot of the supermodel featured a hot alt-lit title as accessory. The person responsible for her curated stack? Her modeling agent, Ashleah Gonzales . Gonzal

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