I was looking for a way into the history of the counterculture in America and how it moved—into my generation and beyond.
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.
Seafood
“Seafood” by Sophie Ohrn is a Fiction Finalist in Columbia Journal’s 2019 Spring Contest, judged by Alexandra Kleeman.
Evaporations
"Evaporations" by Nicholas Russell is a Finalist in Columbia Journal's 2019 Spring Contest, judged by Alexandra Kleeman.
Striving for the Sublime: An Interview with Abbigail N. Rosewood
Some immigrants lean toward the roots, others toward the flowers, some rest in the stalk. This doubling of self can destroy the person.
A Serious Man
"A Serious Man" by Mike Taylor is the Fiction Winner in Columbia Journal's 2019 Spring Contest, judged by Alexandra Kleeman.
Fishing for Blues
Soon, he had the bluefish, a good twelve-pounder, upon the sand, and she was flipping her tail.
America of the Wholesale Warehouse
The supervisor aims the scanner at the barcode of her bulk package of hamburger meat, pulls the trigger.
Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Nobody in Sally Rooney’s new novel Normal People—an addictive account of the relationship between two brainy college students—would ever use the word “intimacy.”
Review: Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa
Death is Hard Work offers the reader an intimate and devastating look into a Syria fractured by war, hunger, and distrust.
Review: The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami channels the realities of our layered, and undoubtedly flawed, society with compassion, empathy, and an unflinching eye.
Freydl by Miriam Karpilove Translated from Yiddish
She had big blue eyes, a Grecian nose, a tiny mouth with blood red lips, and when she laughed two dimples appeared on her cheeks.