"My poetry and art attempt to unravel the meddling of current social crises, political diaspora and mental illness. I address the current global socio-political violence...
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: 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 Fiction Runner Up: The Genie Asks For Too Much
The man’s first wish: a job where he could earn promotions without kissing up to his manager or navigating office politics. A job where he...
Womxn’s History Month Special Issue Fiction Runner Up: Come Disastrous Water/Rise O Deadly Sea
As she collected the fish, her foot slid into the water. Her coral bloomed, lifted off her skin. What had once been neon now glowed...
Womxn’s History Month Special Issue Fiction Winner: Plumtree
There is an old lady in a forest who sells lightning by the bottle. Drop five dollars and you can strike whoever you choose.
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...
Three Poems by Gala Mukomolova
"Clutch / of snakes with synchronous hearts, / black ditch of my sleep."
Review: My Meteorite, or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing by Harry Dodge
Like all works of art, this book is an attempt to create patterns, to impose some order on our experience of the world.
Winter Contest Runner Up in Nonfiction: Reaching First
As he ran, his tattered white sneakers stirred dust. But when he stepped on first base, Norm’s demeanor reverted to that of an old and...