The editors at Columbia Journal are delighted to announce the new print issue of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. Columbia Journal’s Issue 59 features work by Ada Limón, Tao Lin, Tea Hacic-Vlahovic, K-Ming Chang, Nick Fuller Googins, Yuji…
On Time
If I could reverse time, I would pick up the phone that night. Amid the Sturm und Drang of a coat-closet-cum-Manhattan-restaurant, I am nestled into conversation with my husband and sister, the steam from the kitchen making soft vignettes of…
Forms of Obsession
While creating boundaries and rules in order to make these paintings is important, chance becomes an equally crucial part of making.
A Conversation with Kristen Arnett
Victoria Rucinski, online fiction editor at Columbia Journal, spoke with New York Times bestselling author Kristen Arnett, writer of the debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, upcoming novel, With Teeth, and the fiction judge of the 2021 Columbia Journal Spring Contest.
Four Poems by Chairil Anwar Translated from the Indonesian
Indonesian to English Translations by Harper Campbell and Christoffer Dharma
Exactly So
Alex was the type who never had trouble with types. He had friends of all ages and stripes, which in our town meant wealthy white kids with nannies from all over the world.
Retail Paper
A leaf placed upon the vase / lost from leaves. I turn
Feeding the Poetic Demon with Douglas Kearney
Feed your inner Poetic Demon with a series of prompts inspired by Douglas Kearney’s latest poetry collection, Sho!
Egghead Watch: High And Low, A Case For The Other Akira Kurosawa Film
My senior year English teacher showed me the wrong movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon. While Rashomon, a 1950 Academy Award-winning psychological classic, may bea well-assembled masterpiece that slowly reveals itself as a meditation on perspective and ultimate truth—for an…
The Linebacker
In high school, he was one of three linebackers. All three wore good names on their backs. Sword. Seabolt. King. Strong side. Middle. Weak.
Poems by Luciana Jazmín Coronado and Verónica González Arredondo Translated From The Spanish
Poems by Luciana Jazmín Coronado and Verónica González Arredondo translations from the Spanish by Allison A. deFreese.
Good Night, and Good Cluck
There are myriad ways to kill a chicken, but by this point, I would have put the chicken in the car by a lake and released the parking brake.