APOGEE ISSUE 05 PREVIEW: Anastasiya Lazurenko

  In the few weeks leading up to Apogee Issue 05’s release, we want to treat you to a sneak preview of visual art we feature in our latest issue. Today, we’re featuring Anastasiya Lazurenko’s work. Stay tuned for more!     Original polaroids 10.8  x 8.5 cm, from the project “Pearly Gates” (2010-ongoing) ANASTASIYA LAZURENKO is an artist based in Russia. Her artwork explores the female psyche and aims to document the beauty and spirituality of women seeking transcendental experience.  

Pre-Order Apogee Issue 05 Now!

  Issue 05 of Apogee Journal is almost here! Can’t wait? Pre-order your copy using the button below and we will ship it to you as soon as it’s available. Estimated delivery date: May 29, depending on location. This issue features writing by: Danez Smith * Kate Zambreno * Tiphanie Yanique * Tommy Pico * t’ai freedom ford * Camonghne Felix * Lisa Ko * Emily Brandt * A. Naomi Jackson * Kazim Ali * Sam Sax * Brionne Janae * Caitlin Blanchfield * Charif Shanahan * Jocelyn Sears * John Lee Clark * LiraeL O * Marisa Beltramini * Mike Crossley * Diana Arterian * Safia Elhillo * Zubair Ahmed * Lydia Conklin * Mina Zohal An interview with Paul Beatty, the author of THE SELLOUT And visual art from Richard Hart (cover artist) * Sara Cwynar * Anastasiya Lazurenko * Simone Leigh * Derrick Adams * Mickalene Thomas * The Bruce High Quality Foundation * Jason Lazarus * Jason Larkin * Nica Ross Also, don’t forget to join us in NYC on May 28 for our Issue 05 launch party. More information and advance ticket purchase (starting at only $5!) here.

Contributors: Issue 3

Letter from the Editor by Zinzi Clemmons Fiction Your Giant New Loft by James Yeh Ife Adigo Market–1978 by Chinelo Okparanta A Mindful World by Kaitlyn Greenidge First Time by Molly Giles Poetry Their Grandmothers Never Did the Laundry by Morgan Parker negro sunshine by Morgan Parker my sister breaks bread in the streets by Amber Atiya the bacon act by Claire Fornarola Confirmation by Eddie Martinez Learning the Language by Eddie Martinez Could be by James Ducat i wonder if heaven got a gay ghetto by Christopher Soto After the Japanese Footbridge at Giverny, ca 1922 II by Eva Saavedra The Lonely Crowded West by Nicholas Wright In Some Distant but not Too Distant Era by Nicholas Wright Sky Rescue by Mai Der Vang Diplomacy by Martin Ott Vick by Mitchell Grabois Complete Hysterectomy by Anna Wilkes stormy weather by Mahogany L. Browne Suppose You Were a Komodo Dragon by Cynthia Dewi Oka Nonfiction This is for All the Best Dancers at St. Bernadette’s by Stacy Parker Le Melle Seeing in Color: An Interview with Rich Benjamin by Melody Nixon Border Song by Adriana Ramirez From Asian American Masculinity (Part Two): Bondage and Liberation by David Mura Rumors: Remembering...
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