If you want to reveal a chef’s true character, drop a slice of their famous chocolate cake in the corner of the restaurant and see...
Purgatory by Paulina Ferrante: Cat Boner
My phone buzzes. I answer as I step out into the hallway: “Hi there, how is Jack Bird doing?” Luckily, I had a five minute...
Hell of a Town by Catherine Northington: The Man With The Hats
“I think the guy outside is a Giants fan,” I told my boyfriend over the phone late one August morning, peering out my window in...
Dispatches From The Burn Unit by Brendan Gauthier: Chewing Tobacco
I message my roommate from undergrad, Chris, who was then known for dipping because it wasn’t something a lot of people did where I went...
Peter, In The Buff: Tom’s Diner by Peter Hoffman
On the corner of 112th and Broadway a familiar red neon sign glows, leading hoards of students and tourists through its doors. Perhaps they’re hoping...
Barflies Vol. 2
(editor’s note: Beau/Brady are pseudonymous character names) Barflies Vol. 2 Vanguard Wine Bar, New York, New York March 2017 7 o’clock P.M. Original Illustration...
New foods, New attitudes, New…Yorker?
As the year comes to an end, so do my bagelisation columns. I can hear you sobbing already – I understand, I’m sorry, all good...
The new issue of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is here!
The new issue of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is here! We’re delighted to announce the new print issue of Columbia: A Journal of...
Poetry at the Fringes! Emerging American Poets #1: Jacques Rancourt
By Lucas Gonzalez I first met the poet Jacques Rancourt in San Francisco in 2015. An interesting anecdote about the small and interconnected universe we writer-types live...
The Air B&B Guest – A Play by Sarah Congress; Act Two Scene III & IV (Part 5 of 5)
“Running away will never make you free.” —Kenny Loggins Editor’s note: the previous installment (Act Two, Scene I & II) is here, also check out the first...
The Air B&B Guest – A Play by Sarah Congress; Act Two Scene I & II (Part 4 of 5)
“Running away will never make you free.” —Kenny Loggins Editor’s note: the previous installment (Act One, Scene IV & V) is here, also check out the first installment...
An Illustrated Gift Guide for the Gay Aries in Your Life, by Caitlin Brady
In a dim and crowded Greenwich Village wine bar I arrive late and flustered to meet Brendan Boston, a Harlem-based set designer whose work has...