Apollonia Saintclair: The Writer Who Draws | Erotica Osbsura Blog | Hosted by Zhanna Z with Guest Dante Remy

About this episode

Zhanna Zee and Dante Remy discuss the enigmatic artist Apollonia Saintclair and her unique approach to illustration and literature.

Learn more at apolloniasaintclair.com ⁠⁠. Buy and read Bloodlust and The Mysteries , written by Dante Remy and illustrated by Apollonia Saintclair at ⁠ ⁠ ErosettiPress.com ⁠ ⁠. Follow the author at ⁠ ⁠ danteremy.com . In this intimate, fireside episode of Erotica Obscura , host Zhanna Zee welcomes special guest Dante Remy to her cabin deep in the woods—for tea, ink, and a whispered conversation about the mysterious, magnificent artist known as Apollonia Saintclair . Together, they explore what it means to call her “the writer who draws.” Saintclair’s illustrations are not decoration—they are literature rendered in shadow, stories compressed into flesh, gaze, and gesture. Each drawing invites you to narrate, implicates you in its ambiguity, and refuses to resolve. Her anonymity is not a veil to be lifted, but the very condition of her art. Zhanna and Dante move through several unforgettable images—from the wounded lioness to the kneeling reader by candlelight—drawing out how Saintclair’s work lives in the liminal: between ecstasy and estrangement, parody and prayer, climax and collapse. They reflect on themes of erotic tension, ritual, voyeurism, absurdity, surrender, and sacred…

People in this episode

Host: Zhanna Z

Guest: Dante Remy

Topics covered

• Apollonia Saintclair
• Dante Remy
• erotica
• illustration
• art

Keywords

• Bloodlust
• The Mysteries
• Erosetti Press

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Project M, Bloodlust, The Mysteries

Books & works: Bloodlust and The Mysteries, Erotica Obscura, The Mysteries and Bloodlust, Collector’s Editions

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