A book. An answer. A person. A moon. Some of mine / Something of mine, mine a rhythm
ICYMI: Translation & Advocacy: Just Translation Isn’t Enough
Translating Well and With Commitment with Julia Sanches and Umair Kazi
Mending by Tao Lin
Bizarre, long-term disorders can be harvested in people
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Blowjob
A koi fish throbs in the neck of your lover.
Teaching Reading in Middle School
The textbook says black is a symbol of evil / and white a symbol of purity, and I omit that in my lesson / because onyx is black, and so is the mother’s breast
The Jesus in Our Church is a White Man
but my husband looks more like our savior: / more like Jesus than the man / they have stained into glass
invitation to edit: spiritual exercises
set fire to the innermost squad car
Three Poems by Immanuel Mifsud in Translation
Maltese to English Translations by Ruth Ward
Civics Unit: Naturalization Test
Every summer, the fires come. Sometimes, they arrive early, stay past the fall. The fires tear through houses and bird nests. Schools close…
Five Poem of Ḥafṣa bint al-Ḥājj ar-Rakūniyya in Translation
Poems by a legendary Granadan aristocrat and one of the most celebrated Andalusian female poets of medieval Arabic literature Ḥafṣa bint al-Ḥājj ar-Rakūniyya translated by Will Pewitt
Literary Citizenry: A Podcast Interview with Publisher and Poet Joe Pan
Columbia Journal is proud to introduce our new podcast. Episode One details a conversation between former Columbia Journal editors Shalvi Shah and Emma Ginader, Columbia Journal Editor in Chief Raad Rahman, and poet Joe Pan.
Above One’s Bend
Perish the wilderness—Laura Ingalls Wilder’s wildness.