Apogee Journal

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“Freedom from Relevancy”: Walter Ancarrow interviewed by Samantha Neugebauer

Etymologies, Ancarrow's first collection of poetry, is a sort of reference work. It reminds me of David Bowie's comment...

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Samantha Neugebauer

November 15, 2023

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Play, Rigor, and "Too Many Pearls": Jane Wong interviewed by Ally Ang

Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, Jane Wong’s tender and fierce debut memoir, uses poetic lyricism and humor to create a living archive...

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October 18, 2023

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On Artmaking, Reading as Craft, and Chlorine: Jade Song interviewed by JoAnna Mak

I met Jade Song in 2020 through a writing group, not long after they’d started writing their debut novel, Chlorine.

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September 20, 2023

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"I try to be forthright": Interview with Michael Chang

Writer Zachary Issenberg sits down with Chang to talk process and literary inspiration.

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Zachary Issenberg

March 20, 2023

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"I move like a poet in my entire life": An Interview with Safia Elhillo

"I love to pollute my voice. I love my voice to be tainted by the poets."

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March 1, 2023

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Evolving Alongside Your Art: An Interview with Fatimah Asghar

"Artmaking is the process of evolving."

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November 16, 2022

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“Shamelessly Lyrical and Ecstatic”: An Interview with Kemi Alabi

Alabi writes a Black queer and trans body politic—linguistically exciting and rigorous

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October 27, 2022

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“The Beauty Is Where the Play Is”: A Conversation with Paige Clark on "She is Haunted"

Paige Clark’s debut collection of linked stories, She Is Haunted, explores the shifting boundaries of selfhood amid loss and grief.

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September 1, 2022

Image Description: The cover of "Gods of Want" and Chang's photo side by side.

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The Collective Hungers of Women: K-Ming Chang on “Gods of Want” and the Pluralistic “I”

Chang speaks on the poetic and narrative mechanisms at work in her short story collection, Gods of Want.

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Isabella Pechaty

August 30, 2022

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“Writing, I Can’t Waste Time”: Alejandro Varela & the Political Public Health Novel

In Alejandro Varela’s debut novel, The Town of Babylon, the protagonist Andrés returns to his suburban hometown to help his ailing father.

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Alexandra Watson

August 2, 2022