I had just been laid off from my job, my roommate had bolted to his home country, and April rent was seeming dire as ever....
Between Screens: My Bathroom Desk
I didn’t choose the bathroom for its grandeur. The room is narrow and yellowed with a bathtub against the wall and cobwebbed windows above the...
Call for Submissions: Special Issue on UPRISING
Columbia Journal wants to read and publish your best work on the theme UPRISING. Submit!
Crisis, Struggle, Counter-Revolution: A Brief Guide to Racial Capitalism in the U.S.
It may seem strange, when thinking of the future, to recommend books on the past, but studying history is not simply about picking apart old...
Between Screens: Ficus Elastica
Our plant is the closest thing I have to a little brother, disregarding some of my mother’s oldest plates and mugs. It is stocky and...
In Defense of Cancel Culture
The Harper’s letter is a group-authored complaint about complaints that arise from groups. It hopes to strike a civil tone that stands in contrast to...
Leaving Helen
With a faded white towel around her neck, she looked like an aged prize fighter who’d had the life knocked out of her.
Special Issue on Loneliness: Announcing the Shortlist
Columbia Journal has shortlisted up to 23 writers and artists for the Special Issue on Loneliness contest.
Sacrament for the End of the World
When friends and colleagues find out I’m trans, they often assume I don’t want children.
Review: Disability Visibility, Edited by Alice Wong
A collection of writing by disabled people, edited by disabled activist, media maker and research consultant Alice Wong.
Medusa’s Curse
I stare at my father. He is still, as if he were frozen by Medusa, trying to un-see her face.
What it Takes
I remember the first time I did it: it was an ordinary Tuesday afternoon, after class. By the end of my seven years in LA,...