The accomplishment of 'No Roses from My Mouth' by Ugandan renowned feminist and queer rights advocate Stella Nyanzi, it not so much that the poetry...
Black History Month Special Issue Fiction Runner-up: “Mama Diaspora” & “Help! I’m Fine”
She washed the life-gunk from my curls, then washed again, air-dried it, combed it out. With a comb tip, she divided the hair into four...
Review: I Will Take the Answer by Ander Monson
Monson’s writing, while reaching for what’s beneath, remains close and accessible on the page.
Black History Month Special Issue Fiction Winner: White Dog
The owner’s objectives were tactical, felt like a rush of blood at the sight of wounded game. There was an infection in the neighborhood that...
Black History Month Special Issue Fiction Runner-up: Close Scrape
Listen to the little ding. Watch the tiny light flash and the doors close. There is a large man rushing downstairs and an especially fat...
Black History Month Special Issue Nonfiction Winner: Close to Home
I wonder who he is, this black man whom I cannot see.
Black History Month Special Issue: Winners & Honorable Mentions Announced
Columbia Journal is excited to announce the winners and finalists of our inaugural Black History Month Special Issue, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. We...
Black History Month Special Issue Poetry Runner Up: A Poem After Charlottesville’s Rally
"The vanishing trail led to a tangle of chicories -- / to the scythes still swinging over the bloodied / beer cans, whiskey bottles, oak...
Black History Month Special Issue Poetry Winner: doodling at a temporary job (near the end of the world)
"I don’t know how to tell you I’m fearful / of a world that ends in us still // unfree"
Black History Month Special Issue Poetry Runner Up: Salt-Blood
"Two shifting veils, two faces: double consciousness"
Black History Month Special Issue Winner in Art: Withdrawn
Withdrawn is an intimate exploration of my soul relationship with this grandfather I never knew. It is the story of race, injustice and the anguish...
Review: Homie by Danez Smith
Danez Smith's newest poetry collection sparkles with warmth and acceptance.