"Friction," by Marieken Cochius, is a selection for the Columbia Journal's Special Issue on Uprising in the art...

Civics Unit: Naturalization Test
Every summer, the fires come. Sometimes, they arrive early, stay past the fall. The fires tear through houses...

Review: Luster by Raven Leilani
This is Leilani at her funniest, and Edie at her most, well, relatable.

Chimera
My son is a year-old as I write this, and he’s slept through the night twice. Both times...

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...

Race and Appeasement
I dropped my ponytail and gave her my full attention as she breathed out, “He’s the leader of...

CTRL + RETURN
The moment you hit send you know you’re fucked.

Adversity
"Adversity," by Neesa Ahmed, is a selection for the Columbia Journal's Special Issue on Uprising in the art...

On Intersectional Character Dynamics & Subverting their Tropes: An Interview with Jenny Bhatt
Shalvi J Shah, an MFA candidate in Fiction and Literary Translation and Teaching Fellow at Columbia University, talks...

So, Coach Andrew Interrogates Me
I mean, the kid had it coming to him if you think about it.

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...
General Submissions Open For Nonfiction and Translation!
The editors of Columbia Journal are excited to announce that general submissions are open for Nonfiction and Translation....