What do you want people to say at your funeral? From the comfort of the casket, would you prefer a weeping violin or a cheerful...
Interview: A short story is a nose dive
An interview with Ottessa Moshfegh, Columbia Journal 2019 winter contest fiction judge.
Interview: Raised on borscht in a city of chaos
An interview with Ada Calhoun, Columbia Journal 2019 winter contest nonfiction judge.
Grief, the Other Side of Gratitude
An Interview Conducted by Jai Hamid Bashir of artist, Lilly E. Manycolors “What is the difference between my personal experience and my inherited ones? I...
Vibrant Destruction
The first work I made in which I recreated an artwork from art history was “Among the Sierras with Woodpecker”. Up until this point, I...
Poem ‘A Question of Lust’ translated by Lupita Eyde-Tucker
"A Question of Lust" is a Spanish poem by Oriette D'Angelo translated by Lupita Eyde-Tucker. The piece is about love, memory and the ache of...
‘Whose Story Is It?’: A Conversation with Tash Aw
In this engaging conversation, celebrated writer Tash Aw talks about writing, roots, culture, Asian identity and representation, and
Storytelling, Music, and Publishing: An Interview with Eva Lou
Eva Lou is a Taiwanese-born, American-educated writer who has called Hawaii, New York, Seoul, and Paris home. She has a BA in Comparative Literature from...
Blurbed: June 2019
Hello and welcome to the new (and possibly improved?) Blurbed. Each month, columns editor Adin Dobkin gives recommendations from his reading list, as well as...
Mapping Emotions in the City: An Interview with Melanie Kruvelis
Melanie Kruvelis talks emotional mapping, grieving alone in New York City, and the catharsis of karaoke.
Review: Elena Ferrante’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ on HBO
This Sunday, the long-awaited HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend premiered, the first book in her Neapolitan novels quartet.
Hierarchy and Harmony of All Elements
Slovenian artist Meta Grgurevič studies and constructs kinetic systems that create movement, light effects, and illusions.