The textbook says black is a symbol of evil / and white a symbol of purity, and I...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Above One’s Bend
Perish the wilderness—Laura Ingalls Wilder’s wildness.
Five Hindi Poems of Kunwar Narain in Translation
Poems translated from the Hindi into the English by Apurva Narain
Readings and Conversation about the Stylistic Multitudes in Galina Rymbu’s Poetry and Life in Space
Illumination of Darkness with Direction. Mesmerizing readings and conversation about Life in Space by Galina Rymbu and her...
Three Poems by Abraham Sutzkever Translated from the Yiddish
The following poems are taken from Abraham Sutzkever’s collection, Poems from My Diary.
Two Poems by Timothy Berrigan
To put names and faces to the numbers of our long time together.