I read a story by Lydia Davis about a woman who, upon turning sixty, began sprouting hair from her ears.
Call for Submissions: Special Issue on UPRISING
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Zyta Rudzka’s A Brief Exchange of Fire Translated by Aga Gabor da Silva
We loved each other more slowly, losing rhythm and kisses along the way.
1001 Nights
The other girl has a warm, melt-in-your-mouth name like Anne or Madeline. She is the virgin weeping in every church, so clean she glows.
The Strange World of Work: An Interview with Hilary Leichter
...I was thinking about dating in the city and how it can be just like applying to jobs. There are some interesting parallels...
Special Issue on Loneliness: Announcing the Shortlist
Columbia Journal has shortlisted up to 23 writers and artists for the Special Issue on Loneliness contest.
[Sleep] Endymion
There are no memories here. There is, instead, a rose garden on a hill.
Review: Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup
I find myself pulled into a whisper, a grandmother’s bedtime story, a folktale from an era long gone, and into the pulse of the earth...
Junior
I saw my father’s penis because today was the first day that he didn’t make it to the bathroom by himself.
The Architecture of Desire
As a general rule, a single person should not live with a couple – it is a recipe for heartbreak – but back in those...
Review: The Gnome Stories by Ander Monson
Ander Monson is not like most writers. While others strive to have one book out in the world at a time, Monson has made it...
Review of Some Trick: Thirteen Stories by Helen DeWitt
Some Trick: Thirteen Stories is Helen DeWitt’s third book in nearly two decades. It begins with a two-page mock-epigraph called “Here Is Somewhere.” The section...