At the Columbia Journal, we believe that the stories and voices of service members and civilians affected by war should be circulated and contemplated. Today...
A Peaceful Hillside: Veterans Day 2019 Special Issue, Nonfiction
I came back from Vietnam with a chest full of medals and a head full of nightmares, a full-blown case of post-traumatic stress disorder, the...
Review: Irreversible Things by Lisa Van Orman Hadley
A fair warning: don’t be fooled by the ease of this read, by the sheer joy of following this narrator into adulthood. The heartbreak catches...
Down to the Marrow: An Interview with Carmen Maria Machado
Carmen Maria Machado talks about her new memoir, In the Dream House. The book explores domestic abuse in a lesbian relationship.
Review: Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz
Jaquira Diaz’s debut memoir Ordinary Girls is an intimate portrait of her life, from her beginnings in El Caserio, a government housing project of Puerto...
Event Review: The Drowning of Money Island by Andrew Lewis
Storms pelted New York this Tuesday as Andrew Lewis sat down with Lis Harris at Book Culture on 112th to discuss his debut book, The...
The Great Chimera
We cremated my mother at a soulless funeral home in Baltimore near the highway.
Fall 2019 Contest Nonfiction Finalist: Elephant Hill
"Elephant Hill" by Grace Segran is a Nonfiction Finalist in Columbia Journal's 2019 Fall Contest, judged by Emily Bernard.
Fall 2019 Contest Nonfiction Finalist: witnessing: notes on loving and seeing
"Witnessing" by Charlene François is a Nonfiction Finalist in Columbia Journal's 2019 Fall Contest, judged by Emily Bernard.
Fall 2019 Contest Nonfiction Finalist: The Sweet Spot
"The Sweet Spot" by N.R. Robinson is a Nonfiction Finalist in Columbia Journal's 2019 Fall Contest, judged by Emily Bernard.
Fall 2019 Contest: Winners Announced
Columbia Journal is excited to announce the winners and finalists of our inaugural 2019 Fall Contest, which was judged by Akil Kumarasamy (fiction), Monica Sok...
We Are Our Own Archives: An Interview with Cyrus Grace Dunham
In this interview, Alanna Duncan spoke to writer Cyrus Grace Dunham about queer bodies, naming, memory, and his new book, A Year Without A Name.