April is National Poetry Month! Cristina Garcia’s Poetry Recommendations

Those who know me also know that poetry is my first passion. Without it, I…

Cathy Park Hong AAPI BOOK Recommendations

Rick Barot’s “The Galleons” Barot’s couplets give us a slanted perspective on colonialism and capitalism…

Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity

When I “discovered” Alice Bag, as an adult, I already knew her work. Since high…

On the Silos of New York City: Angie Cruz and Stephanie Jimenez in Conversation

Angie Cruz meets with Stephanie Jimenez, author of They Could Have Named Her Anything to…

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…

Anthropoesia: Poets as Anthropologists

Anthropoetry, is a poetry which utilizes the tools and techniques of the ethnographer as a…

Is a Cervix Cis?: My Year in the Stirrups

The year that I was four I made the same heinous grimace when anyone tried…

Everything is Temporary

Posted 10/28 If I were face-up in the MRI machine, I’d see the cherry blossoms…

On the Death of Carrie Fisher, And My Boobs

Posted 11/11 ON THE DEATH OF CARRIE FISHER, AND MY BOOBS “I want it reported…