[1] While still at Columbia, Clemmons founded Apogee, an online magazine focused on art engaged with issues of identity.
[3][1][5][6] The book was loosely based on Clemmons' own experience being the primary caregiver for her mother when she died of cancer, and was described by The Guardian as "highly experimental, told in intimate vignettes including blogposts, photos, hand-drawn charts and hip-hop lyrics".
[1] Writing in The New Yorker, Doreen St. Félix situated the book as part of the literary canon of the black diaspora, noting its thematic emphasis on haunting.
[9] The same year, she announced she would no longer write for the Lenny Letter and asked other women of color to join her[10] after Lenny's founder Lena Dunham issued a statement defending coworker Murray Miller, who had been accused of rape by Aurora Perrineau,[11] a biracial actress.
[18][19] The public response sparked some controversy among feminist academics regarding how race and ethnicity affects the handling of sexual harassment allegations in the context of the Me Too movement.