Julia Sanches - Astra Magazine

Illustration of two ghost emojis peeking out from an empty medicine cabinet in a bathroom.

Essay Online

Pic of My Organs from the Inside

By Andrea Abreu

My last romantic gesture after five years together. Now I’m going to find out what it means to be alone.

Jhumpa Lahiri's book of essays Translating Myself and Others.

Book Review Online

Two Sides of the Same Coin

By Julia Sanches

In Jhumpa Lahiri’s Translating Myself and Others, Julia Sanches finds a writer more interested in introspection than dialogue.

Fiction The Ecstasy issue

The Smile

By Dahlia de la Cerda

“The border isn’t what you think, or what people say it is. The border is a ravenous monster. A bottomless pit that feeds on work, sex, drugs, and women.”