An elaborate disappearing act, Tea Hacic-Vlahovic’s novel plots a young woman’s debaucherous romp through Milan’s high society as...

North
Soon after re-entering their natal streams, the salmon’s kidneys fail. Having come to maturity in the ocean, they...

Three Poems by Manouchehr Atashi and Mohammad Biabani Translated from the Persian
Poems translated by Marjan Modarres Sabzevari

Words Apart
There was an undeniable charm to the unlikely nature of our bond, a lighthearted Frenchman and an aging...

Three Poems by Pamela Proietti Translated from the Italian
Three Poems (Thirty-two Hours, Four Days, That Which Remains) translated by Stephen Eric Berry and Donna Mancusi-Ungaro Hart...

Wentworth
Wentworth sat alone in his apartment on New Year’s Eve, daydreaming about a reading party held in honor...

Eco-Horror, Motherhood, and the Creative Process: An Interview With Diane Cook
Leyton Cassidy, Podcast Editor for the Columbia Journal, sat down with Diane Cook to discuss her debut novel,...

Review: Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
A novel that reminds you just how hyper-aware the world has become since the early 2010s—the war between...

A Deconstruction of ‘Some Girls Walk Into The Country They Are From’ with the Translation Editors
A conversation between the Columbia Journal Translation Editors about the main topics traversing through ‘Some Girls Walk Into...

I Want My Mom
I want my mom. I do. I may be thirty-five years old—too old for wanting mothers—but I’m also...

An Aimless Traveler Might Find Something
I stepped off a plane in Dar es Salaam, an energetic twenty-year-old in search of total transformation.

Review: The Sprawl by Jason Diamond
Diamond’s gaze, astute and compelling, is critical not only of the object of its inquiry but also of...