Adriana E. Ramírez

Adriana E. Ramírez

Ramírez won the inaugural PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize in 2015 for her nonfiction novella, “Dead Boys” (available as a Kindle single from Little A). A nonfiction writer, storyteller, digital maker, critic and performance poet based in Pittsburgh, she is working on her first full-length book, “The Violence” (forthcoming from Scribner).

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Difficult Women
On Being a Difficult Woman: Roxane Gay, Salma Hayek, Jessica Williams, and Radical Discomfort

When I was sixteen years old, the National Hispanic Institute nominated me to attend a…

Microeditorial: It Matters. Vote!

On October 1st of this year, my cousin Kevin flew from Bogota to Barranquilla, Colombia…

The Naming of Things

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Aster(ix)’s very own, Adriana E. Ramirez, recently gave a talk for TEDxHouston. Here you…

Why the Zimmerman Verdict Matters

Over a week after the George Zimmerman verdict, tensions continue to mount regarding his acquittal.…

She Wore Pink Shoes

On June 26th, the nation learned the name of Texas politician Wendy Davis after her…

The Lesson of Marcus Books

Today, our bookstore experience consists of muzack and a too-large children’s section smothered in pastel…

Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, A Review

Asterix went to the movies last week. We watched Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All…