We are thrilled to share our Spring 2024 issue, Bending, curated by Angie Cruz with drawings by Laylah Ali and writing by Victoria Chang, Caro De Robertis, Julian Delgado Lopera, Jaquira Díaz, Patricia Engel, Courtney Faye Taylor, Nimmi Gowrinathan, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Chinelo Okparanta, Shana L. Redmond, Lilliam Rivera, and Alejandro Varela.
We are thrilled to share the second part of our tenth anniversary double issue, highlighting some our best short fiction and interviews.
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.
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (August 1, 2023, Ecco Press) ““Family Lore is a deeply Dominican…
The Tarot Issue features Chancletazo for Your Soul by Marlène Ramírez-Cancio, and is now available…
Now that 2022 is coming to a close, Aster(ix) editors and contributors picked their favorite…
We are thrilled to share our September 2022 issue, Mothers Unearthed, co-Edited by Emily Raboteau…
As a woman of color in the academy, I do more labor than my white colleagues. But then I have guilt that my mother is laboring more than me. And I ask myself, “Was it worth it? Is it worth it?” In the fight, you have to remember to rest.
by Lydia Flores there is a languagethe tongue cannotkiss the teeth to speakbut there is…
Nominations include: “Today I Will Bake a Cake” by Layhannara Tep, “Your Daughter Refashions the Flag into a Crop Top” by Rosa Alcalá, “Time Wave” by Racquel Goodinson,”Snap This Photo of Two Good Men” by Catalina Bartlett, “Tell me all the things you’ve missed” by Natalia Torres, “Everything is Temporary” by Nicole Callihan