(Re)defining Black Privilege
Photo credit: Lee Burchfield, Creative Commons License by Kasai Rex In Baltimore, some nights, on some strips, even the the shortest walk can seem eternal. I make my way to... Read More
Issue 3 Editorial: Beyond MFA vs. NYC
The following is an updated version of the editor’s note that appears in Issue 3 of Apogee Journal. In February of this year, n+1 released MFA vs. NYC, a collection... Read More
Against a Corrective Narrative
By Scott Dievendorf, Fiction Editor It’s a familiar narrative—our protagonist plunges into the depths of hell, witnesses a world unparalleled to that on earth (horrifying, challenging, against common virtue), undergoes... Read More
On “Pimping One’s Heritage,” or Things White Men Say to Feel Better about Themselves
by Sara Nović, writer, translator and founding editor of Redeafined. Having been at work on a novel about the civil wars in Yugoslavia for a few years now, I often find... Read More
Walter White and Bleeding Brown: On Breaking Bad’s Race Problem
by Chris Prioleau, Co-Editor in Chief During its run, Breaking Bad was one of the best shows on television. It was as intense and scintillating as anything ever broadcast; the... Read More
Not Just Guilty: A White Response to the George Zimmerman Case
This is the first of two essays that reflect on what has happened in the months since the trial of George Zimmerman. You can read Apogee’s original response to the... Read More