Heathcliff Redux successfully uses an essayistic form to paint a portrait of a pragmatic character in need of rebellion.
Review: Serious Noticing by James Wood
Rejoice in silliness, I say, though my opinion might change in a few years.
Review of Crossing by Pajtim Statovci
This book offers a look at the nuance of experience and is heartbreakingly truthful, violent and at times truly tender.
Review: Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein
In between introducing terms like “feminist fuckboy” and “Golden Dick Syndrome,” the book also tells stories of boys that are largely neglected in society’s sex...
Review: Know My Name by Chanel Miller
I see this book as a reclamation of what the judge and the defense attempted to shut down: your voice.
Review: Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun
As Ada Calhoun enters her forties, she suddenly finds herself staring at her son’s pet turtle, wondering if it wants something more from life.
Review: The Selected Poems of Tu Fu by David Hinton
In a time when the news media is the main site of contention for how China gets represented, translations of classical Chinese poetry can easily...
Happy Holidays from Columbia Journal!
This holiday season, we're snuggling up with good books and dreams for the new decade. In case you're as much a fan of nostalgia as...
Review: Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante
Ferrante’s infectious excitement at the prospect of writing, no matter the subject, shines through the entire collection.
Review: “Dispatch” by Cameron Awkward-Rich
The winner of the 2018 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award, Cameron Awkward-Rich's new collection "Dispatch" grapples with 'the pains of navigating dailiness in a body'...
Review: Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate is overwhelmed, and very sweet.
Review: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
Gun Island is Ghosh at his tenacious, exhausted best—marrying a mythical tale from his homeland with the plight of the human condition, all the while...