Sampsonia Way @ Asterix

Aster(ix) features selected writing from Sampsonia Way Magazine.

We cannot afford to be silent: VIRAMONTES AND GAITSKILL in conversation

On November 11th 2016 Mary Gaitskill and Helena Viramontes shared a stage for the first…

Are We Not Obsidian?*

for Bekezela Mguni and Saretta Morgan *title after Ellen Gallagher’s exhibit Are We Obsidian? This…

Nina Subin
Crystal Hana Kim: On Love, Empathy and Maternal Ambivalence

If You Leave Me, the debut novel of Crystal Hana Kim, consistently topped best of lists for 2018.…

A Writer’s Responsibility is to their Obsessions: A Conversation with Cristina Garcia

Not every day does a cuban immigrant get to interview one of the most important…

The Inheritance in Our Blood: A Conversation with Patricia Engel and Angela Velez

Born to Colombian parents and raised in New Jersey, Patricia Engel is a novelist and short story…

Learning to Live with Outsider-ness: An Interview with Geeta Kothari

As part of the Aster(ix) in Alphabet City Series for City of Asylum Clarissa León spoke…

One’s Body is an Animal: A Conversation with Mary Gaitskill

Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To,…

Writing Ambition: Irina Reyn on Portraying Unsatisfied Women

Irina Reyn came to Alphabet City to read from The Imperial Wife as part of…