*apo-press issue no. 1 | re-knewing

A LOVER ONCE SAID Translation is an act of love. It's like crossing a threshold beginning a new cycle words of faith whispered at the cusp of initiation an invitation to feel the same.The multigenre work included in our inaugural issue of *apo-press Re-knewing demonstrates a grammar of exchange: what it means to give in to change to renewal to memory to make rituals out of moments & moments out of rituals. Like something of the past that continues to rework its way to the surface; or the past we sacrifice to the future. This collection brings together 41 creatives from 15 countries in 9 languages & in the process creates a liminal space of absolute possibility. Language & art as turf & terrain caught up in mineral sediment much like the nutrient-rich detritus from which the verge is born anew. & in the gifts & exchangesforged around the globe (which are also on these pages) we are reminded that to begin is never to start without. Our community is an expansive rhizome--an endless & ancient kind of love.