Poetry

The Naming of Things

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

“What Is the Difference Between Globalization and Neoliberalism?”

Last week someone asked me, “What is the difference between globalization and neoliberalism?” The question isn’t…

future tense (minor tribe: 2012)

like the family I need documents to stay here lose them and I lose my…

Black Men in Search of the Rivers

I am weary from the road. Chest heavy, I search for  cool water,  ripe oranges,…

El Muro / The Wall

No one believed it would happen here En el Valle Where the birders find such…

Letter to Anthony [Critical Resistance] By Suheir Hammad

I this is not a pre paid call this is not a poem this is…

Transgenic Pastoral by Rebecca Dunham

1. Pick ’n Save Bt corn contains a genetically inserted bacterium to infect and kill…

Rhubarb by Kate Lynn Hibbard

It is my aim to break the prairie one pie plant at a time, from…

Long Lines by Michael S. Collins

The British Empire was built on my grandfather’s ass— a constipated unstable foundation, so help…

In a safe space by Norma E. Cantú

We ambled onto the river bank Oblivious of what lay beneath the waters, Muddy khaki…