Aster(ix) Journal

Aster(ix) Journal

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Cecilia Vicuña’s painting from 1972 “Amaranta"
The Amaranta Project

Featuring 6 micro-fictions and 5 poems inspired Cecilia Vicuña’s 1972 “Amaranta” which was “lost and reborn” when found in 2021. The Chilean artist-poet-activist writes simply as an introduction to her work, “My work dwells in the not yet, the future potential of the unformed, where sound, weaving, and language interact to create new meanings.”

“Best of the Net” 2020-2021 Nominations

Every year, Aster(ix) nominates some of our best work in poetry, story, and nonfiction for…

Today’s Suggested Yoga Pose: Mira Jacob Calls for India relief efforts from athletic yoga brands

On April 29, 2021, Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk: A Memoir In Conversation called…

Trailblazing and For the Love of the Short Story: In Conversation with Kali Fajardo-Anstine

On October 2020 Kali Fajardo-Anstine visited the University of Pittsburgh as the winner of the…

“Everything is Temporary” by Winter 2021 Artist-in-Residence Nicole Callihan

The Aster(ix) family welcomes our Winter 2021 Artist-in-Residence, Nicole Callihan. On September 29, 2020, Nicole…

Books WE LOVE / New and Forthcoming

What’s Mine and Yours author Naima Coster recommends This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith.…

A Conversation with Poets

[The following is a selection of email responses from the poets in this issue to…

From the series Remains

Elisabeth Frost’s books include All of Us: Poems, Bindle (in collaboration with artist Dianne Kornberg), and the Feminist Avant-Garde…

Imagining the Future/ The Future of the Imagination: Emily Raboteau and Nelly Rosario

January 12, 2020- Under the Volcano, Tepoztlán, MexicoModerated by: Magda Bogin Magda Bogin:  Both Nelly…

Wanting Rooms: Carley Moore and Nicole Calihan in Conversation

Across time and space, Carley Moore and Nicole Calihan meet to have a conversation to…