Crisosto Apache is a Mescalero / Chiricahua Apache and Diné (Navajo), Salt Clan born for Towering House Clan, from New Mexico. He is an alumnus from IAIA (AFA 1992 / MFA 2015) and Metropolitan State University of Denver (BA, 2013) for English and Creative Writing. He teaches at various colleges in the Denver Metro area. He currently lives Lakewood, Colorado with his spouse of 17 years. His public work also includes Native LGBTQI / ‘two spirit’ advocacy & public awareness, which he continues to advocate for. Some of Crisosto’s work is published in Black Renaissance Noiré, Yellow Medicine Review (2013/2015), Denver Quarterly (Pushcart Prize Nominee 2014), Toe Good Poetry, Hawaii Review, Cream City Review Plume Anthology, Common Place, Tending the Fire by Christophe Felver, and American Indian Culture & Research Journal (ACRJ). Crisosto also appeared on MTV’s Free Your Mind (1993) ad campaign for poetry. Crisosto has book reviews for the Native American Anthology Visit Tee-Pee Town (Coffee House Press 1999) published in the Poetry Project, Issue 175, June 1999.

Q&A

Q&A with Yanyi, author of Dreams of the Divided Field

By CRISOSTO APACHE

I'm someone who thinks of my body as a very good friend of mine, and I really struggled with what is the right way to honor my body and honor myself.