Writing with Fear with Ivelisse Rodriguez
Apogee Journal, with support from Brooklyn Arts Council, presents: Writing with Fear, a digital workshop with Ivelisse Rodriguez.
Epilogue by Julia Guez
By Julia Guez A cistern full of asters, notes from the split–risk ward above the lindens tops of poplars wave in the long light, an agitation of birds. What they... Read More
The Anti-Poetry of Salvador Villanueva
I found Villanueva to be ahead of his time, working a craft that would be called “meta-modern” by some, an innovative style in which the reader participates in the process of the author’s work. I was immediately taken by its apparent simplicity, which caused his work to stand apart from most of the poetry I knew from my island. I would later find out that he was ahead of his time in the art of letters in Puerto Rico.
Apogee x The Offing: New Futures (AWP off-site reading & discussion)
2020 is The Offing’s fifth birthday and Apogee’s ten-year anniversary!
Writing Resistance 3.0 (2019)
Apogee Journal, in collaboration with the NY Writers Coalition, with support from Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), presents: Writing Resistance 3.0 Make Space for the Margins Apogee contributors and community members... Read More
Bios and Statements
George Abraham is a Palestinian-American poet attending Swarthmore College. He competed in poetry slams including CUPSI (placing 2nd out of 68 international teams in 2016), NPS, and IWPS. He is... Read More
Editor’s Toolkit For Resistance and Resilience
We at Apogee, like most of our community, are deeply troubled by this week’s election. We sense the resentment and bigotry targeted at so many in our community, and we... Read More
Queer History, Queer Now
And we know, we have always known, that no place is safe—we are queer people of color, no place is ever safe for us, not even the gay club—but it’s... Read More
Publish, Perish, Other: A Talk-Back (Part 1)
Publish, Perish, Other: A Talk-Back (Part 1) Apogee Journal Poetry Co-Editors Joey De Jesus and Muriel Leung chat about their anxieties stepping into the editor role, their thoughts on... Read More