Taking it Lying Down: An Interview with R. Erica Doyle
“You have come to do an autopsy and at the first excision found a beating heart.” R. Erica Doyle’s Proxy cuts with terrifying precision as it performs an autopsy on... Read More
Spotlight on Issue 3: Cynthia Dewi Oka
Two poems by Apogee Issue 3 Featured Artist Cynthia Dewi Oka Tabuh Rah I. After the wounds are scraped the blood flaked to sawdust the feathers black snow around her... Read More
Poetry As Class Privilege: Words Inspired by Audre Lorde
By Christopher Soto So a couple days ago was Audre Lorde’s 80th birthday. Yay! And I’ve been reading/meditating on some of her works, such as ‘Poetry Is Not a Luxury’... Read More
Valentine's Series: Two Poems by Marina Blitshteyn
In honor of Valentine’s Day, all this week on our blog we’ll be posting pieces from our January 31st reading on intercultural dating and relationships. Identity Love Poem It’s not... Read More
"The Social Equation," by EJ Koh
Unexpected, bold, and full of the complex frustration that stereotyping invokes in the stereotyped: EJ Koh’s poem “The Social Equation,” is the next installment in our Overshare series.* “YOU... Read More
"Eviction Notice," by Brian Patrick Heston
While the Trayvon Martin trial hangs over all of us here at Apogee, despite some small triumphs, some cool blog projects, and the protests that continue — albeit misreported — we thought... Read More