Queer History

“She had a face that would haunt me for the rest of my life”: Looking for Annemarie Schwarzenbach

“She had a face that would haunt me for the rest of my life”: Looking for Annemarie Schwarzenbach

ByA.K. Afferez

Grappling with the complexities of Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s life–falling in love with her, in a way–entails addressing not just her political and ideological stances in light of her personal relationships, but also the realities of queerness within history, and the interplay of both of these aspects.

Pictures of a couple of rows of books on a shelf.

The Best Poem I Read This Month: Joshua Jennifer Espinoza’s “Wrapped In My Body I Dream”

ByJohn Rufo

Apogee Journal’s new folio “Queer History, Queer Now” acts as an “altar” to “reject the whitewashing, the profit-making, and political tokenizing that warps queer struggles and tragedies.” For this month, I decided to write regarding Joshua Jennifer Espinoza’s “Wrapped In My Body I Dream.”