Order your copy of Columbia Journal's Spring 2019 edition, Issue 57, featuring work by Jenny Holzer, Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, Duy Doan, and Donika Kelly.
The Tail by Luigi Malerba Translated from Italian
The following short story comes from Luigi Malerba's posthumous collection Sull’orlo del cratere (2018, On The Edge of the Crater).
Descant
He wasn’t ready to relinquish the life they shared, to believe another human had been made who understood him as well as her.
Dwellings
Days we thought we’d lived before:/ routines of conversation and television/ shows that we already knew the endings of.
Review: On The End of Privacy by Richard E. Miller
What it means to live in a world where anyone can hide behind a screen but anything, once written on a screen, can’t be hidden.
Secondary Light
After a while, we stopped counting the dead/ and let the body of the wind push us into departure.
The Overpowering Urge to Love: An Interview with Joshua Furst
I was looking for a way into the history of the counterculture in America and how it moved—into my generation and beyond.
Review: What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About edited by Michele Filgate
Each essay is a testament to the complicated relationships between mothers and their children and to all the silences that surround them.
Nights in Lebanon by Jung Young Su Translated from Korean
This short story by Jung Young Su has been translated from Korean by Anton Hur.
Still Life with Lunar Eclipse
When the shadow of the earth fell on the moon it was red like the cherry you left on my neck.
Blurbed: What to Read, See and Do in May 2019
Each month, Blurbed features a curated list of things to read, events to attend and news from Columbia Journal.
Five Poems from Anna Glazova Translated from Russian
These poems first appeared in Anna Glazova's collection For the Shrew and have been translated from Russian by Alex Niemi.
Unless It’s Unkind or Violent
Testing out photos like ties or cufflinks for the occasion, dressing the dead in the distracting garments of life.