After a while, we stopped counting the dead/ and let the body of the wind push us into departure.
The Overpowering Urge to Love: An Interview with Joshua Furst
I was looking for a way into the history of the counterculture in America and how it moved—into my generation and beyond.
Review: What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About edited by Michele Filgate
Each essay is a testament to the complicated relationships between mothers and their children and to all the silences that surround them.
Nights in Lebanon by Jung Young Su Translated from Korean
This short story by Jung Young Su has been translated from Korean by Anton Hur.
Still Life with Lunar Eclipse
When the shadow of the earth fell on the moon it was red like the cherry you left on my neck.
Blurbed: What to Read, See and Do in May 2019
Each month, Blurbed features a curated list of things to read, events to attend and news from Columbia Journal.
Five Poems from Anna Glazova Translated from Russian
These poems first appeared in Anna Glazova's collection For the Shrew and have been translated from Russian by Alex Niemi.
Unless It’s Unkind or Violent
Testing out photos like ties or cufflinks for the occasion, dressing the dead in the distracting garments of life.
Seafood
“Seafood” by Sophie Ohrn is a Fiction Finalist in Columbia Journal’s 2019 Spring Contest, judged by Alexandra Kleeman.
What Place Does Beauty Hold: An Interview with Jericho Brown
The poet Jericho Brown talks about his new collection The Tradition and reads from two poems, "After Essex Hemphill" and "Duplex: Cento."
Fur Coat
“Fur Coat” by Cynthia Hua is a Poetry Finalist in Columbia Journal’s 2019 Spring Contest, judged by Tommy Pico.
Self-Portrait as Postmortem
“Self-Portrait as Postmortem” by Helli Fang is a Poetry Finalist in Columbia Journal’s 2019 Spring Contest, judged by Tommy Pico.