All day long she sits hunched over the receiver with the volume turned up so it drowns out the white noise from the freeway. When...
Fiction Archives Spotlight: Tom Perrotta’s ‘The Wiener Man’
I walked past the Frankmobile and sat down on the curb in front of the Launderette. I amused myself by tossing the can into the...
Call for Submissions: Veterans Day Special Issue
At the Columbia Journal, we believe that the stories and voices of service members and civilians affected by war should be circulated and contemplated. This...
‘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...
Fall 2019 Contest: Meet the Judges
The first-ever Columbia Journal Fall Contest is now open for submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and, for the first time, art. Our judges will be...
Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
“All the boys knew about that rotten spot,” describes the narrator of The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead’s searing novel set in Jim Crow-era Florida. The boys,...
Review: Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
More than a fast-paced thriller, Searching for Sylvie Lee is a meditation on dislocation, the gulf that separates generations of migrants, and the price of...
An ‘Austere, Whispering Power’: An Interview with Colm Tóibín
This scholarly and writerly interview probes relationships presented by Colm Tóibín between art and living, psychology and fiction, form and national identities, fiction and politics,...
Deadline Extended: Fall 2019 Contest Now Open for Submissions!
The editors are delighted to officially announce that the Columbia Journal Fall Contest is now open for submissions in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and, for the...
On Mortality and Myth: An Interview with Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Chaya Bhuvaneswar talks about her book White Dancing Elephants, and her writing as it evolves within and beyond myth, time, and self-love.
The Tail by Luigi Malerba Translated from Italian
The following short story comes from Luigi Malerba's posthumous collection Sull’orlo del cratere (2018, On The Edge of the Crater).