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Apollo Chastain

@apollo.chastain

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poems, archives + performance studies @ smithsonian, denny’s, UCLA, elsewhere
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truly pinching myself on seeing this new essay with @american_poetry_review , thank you a million times. On Louise Glück’s Averno, but also transness, body-having + s3x work in childhood, and the difficulties of survival when violence and experience slips through the named categories of power. Also thank you to @danalevinpoet ‘s critical eye, generous spirit, and dissatisfaction with the process of inhabiting a body. This piece wouldn’t exist without you, Dana. by @apollo.chastain

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So grateful to @shenandoah_literary and @trantranwrites for publishing this piece, it is at the heart of so much of what I hope for/with poetry. Ir ačiū mano šeimynai, kuri budėjo kartu su manimi per kiekvieną ilgą naktį. Please check out every other poem in this wonderful issue <3 by @apollo.chastain

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10 months ago

becoming-xxx !! three new poems, thank you @coloradoreview by @apollo.chastain

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8 months ago

i have a freaky sexy angry poem in this beautiful queer and trans fetish folio curated by @alexbortell for @anomalouspress ! She’s blessed to be with her poem sisters by @belakoschalk and @joanthelark . From Alex’s description of the folio:
“This folio is a direct response to the current rise in legislation targeting queer and trans* people. The fifteen poets and artists included herein question the supposed limits of sensation, devotion, and form. Through this exploration, a surreal and mutable environment emerges; to quote Mya Matteo Alexice, “it’s a place you go, not a thing you do: sex.”

From bus stations to incognito browsers, this folio maps a topography of arousal, revealing the political, spiritual, and cultural systems that define the margins–and marginalized bodies–we inhabit. It is a radical act “[t]o let / this body be / what it is,” writes Nicky Yeager. As expressions of queer and trans* desire become increasingly stigmatized, this folio embraces the risks and liberatory potential of practicing fetish in an age of extremism.” by @apollo.chastain

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5 days ago

In LA LA Land with all the angels 🪽 taken in Los Angeles by @apollo.chastain

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6 days ago

So grateful for the chance to review @laura.e.kolbe ‘s new book The Decadent Movement for @delicatessen_journal ! Read the book! Read the review (link in my bio)! Read Deli! by @apollo.chastain

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16 days ago

many-eyed / many-winged seraph. sword and flame and sight.

sooo grateful to shoot with @lakeg1rl , it is such an honor to create with you by @apollo.chastain

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23 days ago

I reviewed Christian Wessels’ debut Who Follow the Gleam for @adroitjournal ! Read the review (link in bio)! Read the book! Read one of my fave poetic excerpts from the book, at end of post! ✨🐸⭐️🐌 by @apollo.chastain

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a month ago

O’s new bathroom taken in Chicago, Illinois by @apollo.chastain

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a month ago

Odysseys
Chi -> LA by @apollo.chastain

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2 months ago

transmissions <-> transformations

bye for now chicago i love you see u soon by @apollo.chastain

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3 months ago

& im sorry if u fall for me cause my life moves so quickly 🐎🐎🐎 by @apollo.chastain

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3 months ago