Each essay is a testament to the complicated relationships between mothers and their children and to all the silences that surround them.
Unless It’s Unkind or Violent
Testing out photos like ties or cufflinks for the occasion, dressing the dead in the distracting garments of life.
Azabache
"Azabache" by Rocio Reyes Mejia is the Nonfiction Winner in Columbia Journal's inaugural 2019 Spring Contest, judged by Kiese Laymon.
Review: Ways of Hearing by Damon Krukowski
Based on the podcast of the same name from Radiotopia, the book is a multimodal experience, one that opens the ears through the eyes.
The Flea
I power-walked to my laptop with a bizarre strut, like my flea infected leg was made of wood.
Tolerance
I had told myself that my tolerance was a virtue, but perhaps it was a weakness, a form of passivity.
Review: Mother Winter by Sophia Shalmiyev
Sophia Shalmiyev takes the reader through her experiences growing up with an alcoholic mother and her search for replacement mother figures.
Review: Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through By T Fleischmann
Fleischmann’s essay, Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through, is a balancing act of various genres.
To Care and Take Care: An Interview With Ross Gay
I would try to point to some ordinary kindness or act of care or tenderness or beauty, which we are always in the midst of.
Reaping the Blooms: An Interview with Esmé Weijun Wang
Esmé Weijun Wang talks about her new book The Collected Schizophrenias, cultural stigmas around mental illness, and “narrative therapy.”
Ghost Story: An Interview with Leanne Shapton
In this interview with Grace Ann Leadbeater, Leanne Shapton talks about her upcoming book, Guestbook: Ghost Stories.
Review: Thick, And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
An essay collection that speaks to personal experience while demonstrating broader truths about race in America.