ster(ix) Journal presents, Best of Kweli, a compilation of 20 of the best prose and poems published in Kweli Journal (an online-only journal of experimental African American literature) in the past seven years. This issue of Aster(ix) is edited by Laura Pegram and Angie Cruz, with the help of University of Pittsburgh Writing MFA students. Featuring Brit Bennett, Ariana Brown, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Geimy ColOn, Naima Coster, Ansel Elkins, Anita Felicelli, Marko Fong, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Raven Jackson, Hope Johnson, Cynthia Manick, Cecca Austin Ochoa, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Princess Perry, Audrey M. Peterson, Noel QuiNones, Nelly Rosario, Tiphanie Yanique, Leslie C. Youngblood. In these pages no form goes unexplored, as Kweli's authors grapple with life, the universe, and everything in between.