Apogee Poetry Co-Editor, Muriel Leung interviews Issue 08 contributor, Jean Ho about her short story “Korean Boys I’ve Loved,” getting turned on by dentists, writing Asian American characters who challenge societal norms, literary politics, self-care, and getting your best life.
Apogee sits down with Bani Amor, a travel writer, photographer, and activist from Brooklyn by way of Ecuador. Read their nonfiction piece, “Downhill”, in our latest issue.
Dear friends, Apogee Issue 08 launches on Thursday, December 15, 2016 with a celebration at the space of our dear friends, Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
Crosshairs The first time I spend the summer in Iraqi Kurdistan, my aunt Parween assures my mother that it’s safe – it isn’t like America, she says. My mother nods and hums her understanding, but later, back in America, laughs when she recounts the anecdote. Both women go on believing they live in the safer of the two countries.