Grandma Sally pinched and blended. Smoothed and spiked. Followed where scent and hands led her with “a little of this, a little of that.”
Spring Contest Runner Up in Nonfiction: The Magicians
I arrived in camp in the middle of 2017, resuming my National Service after some years abroad. I remember little of those first, scorched days,...
Spring Contest Winner in Nonfiction: On Becoming a Root Vegetable
The carrot seedlings grew two perfect, long leaves like blades of grass. I’d vibrate with excitement every time I peeked in on them, every time...
Review: Synthesizing Gravity by Kay Ryan
Ryan’s own uninviting prose mirrors her philosophy about poetry: that it is not meant to be easy or satisfying.
Available for purchase: Columbia Journal, issue 58
Columbia Journal's new print issue is now available for pre-order!
Review: Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
Irby’s signature sardonic voice nibbles playfully at your ear from the first page, where she dedicates the collection to Wellbutrin.
Womxn’s History Month Special Issue Nonfiction Winner: HYBRID
I entered the world a textbook case. My earliest thoughts were, I am a boy.
Womxn’s History Month Special Issue Nonfiction Runner Up: The Flight of the Heavenly Bodies
In traditional relationship terminology, Moons are called wives. His had model-like looks, or they were even actual fashion models.
Womxn’s History Month Special Issue Nonfiction Runner Up: Not Napping
The woods were a kaleidoscope of women. Tall, rangy women with muscled arms in cut offs. Women with mohawks in their best butch leather get-ups.
They Said This Would Be Fun: An Interview with Eternity Martis
Martis writes about the body in stressful and harmful times, boyfriends gone so wrong they dip into Greek tragedy, and separates the chapters with pithy...
Review: Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito
Comedian Cameron Esposito’s new book Save Yourself has landed on my shortlist of memoirs that blend interiority and laugh-out-loud wit.
Womxn’s History Month Special Issue: Winners & Honorable Mentions Announced
Columbia Journal is excited to announce the winners and finalists of our inaugural Womxn's History Month Special Issue, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. We...