For years before my tío Junior died, I wondered if he knew

Did he suspect when he watched me shoot hoops in the park? Or when he told me, a million times, to pull up my baggy jeans?

Import-Export

Two days before she gives birth, the 38-year-old watches a breastfeeding video from a national health institute, but it’s hard to practice without a baby.

For Something Real

The fractures, herniation, and slippages somehow become tolerable, managed through an elaborate system of forgetting and excusing and stores of fortitude that might otherwise be dedicated to breaking that which breaks us.

The 10th Anniversary Issue, Part II: Fiction & Interviews

We are thrilled to share the second part of our tenth anniversary double issue, highlighting some our best short fiction and interviews.

House Call

katharine is getting her monthly brazilian wax $$ she isn’t seeing anyone $$ so this…

Flower Shop

Five The 300-balloon arch is twenty-five feet long, a candy-colored display of peach, gold and…

The One-Eyed Bat!

The guy I’m dating in Ann Arbor is The One-Eyed Bat! He wrestles with a…

Dalila (English)

Translated from the original by Noah T. Myers After the divorce, I decided to move as…

The 10th Anniversary Issue Part I: Poetry & Nonfiction

Aster(ix) is a laboratory, a space where women writers of color can play and experiment. We celebrate our 10th anniversary with a double best-of issue.