And then it was over — a fate that offers insight into the tenuous place of literary magazines in the American publishing landscape. By Kate Dwyer From the start, Astra Magazine was unusual.

Astra Publishing House announced that its literary publication, Astra Magazine, is being shut down. The magazine published the first of its two issues in April, and the company said there will be ...

“In a very difficult year for publishing, we found that the format provided unexpected challenges …” Astra Magazine’s site had attracted 50,000 unique visitors each month. — ...