Get Hard: Hypermasculinity and Prison Politics
Joe Loya, former bank robber and author of the memoir The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell, is my friend and colleague. Recently, Joe and I had a lengthy... Read More
The Use of Force Continuum: Police, Power, and Prejudice
by Joe Ponce In Beavercreek, Ohio, under the glaringly white fluorescent lights of a Walmart superstore, John Crawford III walked around idly holding a BB gun he’d picked up from... 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
Valentine's Series: How Far Back? by Alexandra Watson
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. Our second piece is by... 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
The Gray Area: Gentrification in Manhattan's Hamilton Heights
by Alexandra Watson, Editor-in-Chief As a mixed-race graduate student at Columbia living in Hamilton Heights, a neighborhood in Harlem destined for “urban renewal,” my relationship to the word... Read More