Like all works of art, this book is an attempt to create patterns, to impose some order on our experience of the world.
Important Terminology For Military Age Males
or, Cassinga—as in Operation Reindeer; as in there is no difference between civilians and soldiers when it comes to the kaffirs: “There are only targets...
Review: Writers & Lovers by Lily King
King is able to capture the particular kind of youth Casey is struggling with perfectly: one where she hasn’t lived anywhere with a dishwasher since...
On New Roads: An Interview with Peter Frankopan
In this interview, Sarah Gheyas spoke to Peter Frankopan about his latest book, The New Silk Roads, which looks at the shifting geopolitics and the...
The Benefits of Being a Hysterical Shrew: An Interview with Sarah Ramey
In this interview, Editor-in-Chief spoke with writer Sarah Ramey about her debut memoir, The Lady’s Handbook For Her Mysterious Illness.
Review: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Finishing this manic, gripping novel may instigate a desire for a long, hot shower.
bathe me in the {Rituxan} river
I had forgotten what wet felt like. Perspiration pooling from my pink water jug on the side table next to my hospice bed—how it grew.
Writing into Crisis: An Interview with Paul Lisicky
In this interview, Nina St. Pierre talks to author Paul Lisicky about his sixth book, the memoir, Later: My Life at the Edge of the...
Flash Fiction: “On Becoming Anti-Depressed” & “Sense/Reference”
I tried micro-dosing mortared pills in squares of toilet paper, and when that didn’t work I bought an expensive machine to re-encapsulate the ground-up chemicals.
Review: Track Changes by Sayed Kashua
Kashua explores the ideas of migration, language, and nationality through a perpetual internal monologue that at times, seems to give away too much of the...
“Hebrew and You”, Poem in translation
Draw a circle around yourself/ and pray seventy years/ for rain that it might come/ and for the melody.
‘This world has not yet become ash’: an Interview with Jane Hirshfield
In this interview, Columbia Journal online arts editor Jai Hamid Bashir talks to poet Jane Hirshfield about her ninth poetry collection Ledger (Knopf, March 10,...