Aster(ix) is a transnational feminist literary arts journal committed to social justice and translation, placing people of color at the center of the conversation. Founded in 2013 by novelist Angie Cruz and nonfiction writer Adriana E. Ramírez, the journal loves to feature the intimate, the honest, and the beautiful. 

Aster(ix) was founded to create a space for writers from marginalized backgrounds, particularly women of color, to be read, published, and supported. We take pride in publishing both emerging and established authors. We aim to publish two print issues a year, as well as an ongoing digital magazine. 

We are interested in work that speaks beyond the trends of the current moment, that listens to the past and looks to the future. We are especially interested in work that is unconventional, international, urgent, lyrical, difficult, delicious and of differing aesthetics. In this time of lightning communications we want to read writing that is thoughtful and not necessarily certain. 

Aster(ix) is funded in part by the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the Department of English at University of Pittsburgh.

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