Join Editor in Chief Emma Zhang and Managing Editor Celina Naheed as we discuss our literary magazine theme for fall 2023: Lacuna.  

Originating from the latin etymon Lacus, meaning “lake,” the word Lacuna is defined as an unfilled interval, or gap; as in, a gap filled with water, like the ones in history, or like our perception of the world, translation, black-out poetry, the editing process, and the diaspora experience. 

What does lacuna mean to you? Submit your own exploration to our Fall 2023 Issue of Aster Lit: asterlit.org/submit⁠!

Pieces referenced:

Erasure in Three Acts: An Essay by Muriel Leung

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2021/11/erasure 

Dispatch in Two Parts: The Arab Body Writes Itself In

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/dispatch-in-two-parts-the-arab-body-writes-itself-in/

Winter Tangerine Skins Issue: http://www.wintertangerine.com/shedding-skins-toc

Someday I’ll love [Redacted] by Daniel Liu https://www.indigoliteraryjournal.com/issue-four/daniel-liu 

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