My son is a year-old as I write this, and he’s slept through the night twice. Both times I’ve woken in panic, sure this meant something was terribly wrong.
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 literature Ḥafṣa bint al-Ḥājj ar-Rakūniyya translated by Will Pewitt
Race and Appeasement
I dropped my ponytail and gave her my full attention as she breathed out, “He’s the leader of the fucking Klu Klux Klan, Emalee.”
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 category.
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 to author Jenny Bhatt about craft, cultural stereotypes, her debut short story collection Each of Us Killers, and how far artists go…
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 editors Shalvi Shah and Emma Ginader, Columbia Journal Editor in Chief Raad Rahman, and poet Joe Pan.
Above One’s Bend
Perish the wilderness—Laura Ingalls Wilder’s wildness.
Review: Girlhood by Melissa Febos
With psychological clarity and emotional precision, Febos revisits the past to rewrite the future.
Finding Rhythm: An Interview with Avni Doshi
Abhigna Mooraka, Columns Editor for Columbia Journal Issue 59, spoke to author Avni Doshi about her Booker-shortlisted Burnt Sugar, her writing process, and her art history background among other things. Burnt Sugar releases in the United States in January 2021…
Between Screens: Structural Revision
I write during screen time, the bounds of which creep earlier and earlier. But I don’t know how to structurally revise a 77,000 word novel in 20-minute increments.