Katya Apekina
Special guest
Katya Apekina's short stories have appeared in various literary magazines. She is the recipient of an Elizabeth George grant, an Olin Fellowship, the Alena Wilson prize and a 3rd Year Fiction Fellowship from Washington University in St. Louis where she did her MFA. She has done residencies at VCCA, Playa and Ucross. Her prose and poetry translations from Russian appeared in Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and About Mayakovsky (FSG 2008), which was short-listed for the Best Translated Book Award. She co-wrote the script for the independent film New Orleans, Mon Amour (2008), directed by Michael Almereyda and starring Elisabeth Moss and Christopher Eccleston. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
Katya Apekina has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Episode 48: Katya Apekina - MOTHER DOLL
2 March 2024 | 58 mins 27 secs
authors, fiction, interviews, ksqd
Host Clara Sherley-Appel talks to author, screenwriter, and translator Katya Apekina about her second novel, MOTHER DOLL.
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Episode 2: Katya Apekina - THE DEEPER THE WATER THE UGLIER THE FISH
5 January 2019 | 59 mins 13 secs
authors, books, california, interviews, ksqd
Katya Apekina's debut novel, THE DEEPER THE WATER THE UGLIER THE FISH, tells the story of Edie and Mae, two sisters who go to live with their estranged father in New York after their mother’s suicide attempt. It has received a great deal of attention for its unique form: the book is structured like an oral history, with a different narrator from one chapter to the next, interspersed with archival content, including poetry, letters, and interviews.
In this episode, I talk to Katya about THE DEEPER THE WATER THE UGLIER THE FISH and writing as an act of faith. I hope you enjoy it.