Gary Shteyngart's newest novel Lake Success serves as a vivid, colorful pastoral of America in all its glamour and blemishes.
Columbia Journal Presents: A Reading at KGB Bar
Join us for an evening of readings from Columbia Journal editors and advisors at KGB Bar on October 30.
Self-Portraits with Pierre
My kneecap is a magnet for mosquitos./ They assemble under the picnic pavilion/ And form a small cloud.
Take Good Care: An Interview with Mary Ann Samyn
Mary Ann Samyn talks about her first encounters with Emily Dickinson's work, her best advice for writing students, and her new collection.
Two Poems by S. Vijayalakshmi Translated from Tamil
She tells them to believe/ that above all,/ life has been made possible/ only by love.
Columbia Journal Staff on Their Favorite Banned Books
To celebrate Banned Books Week, the Columbia Journal staff has compiled a list of favorite banned and challenged books.
In Rare Company: An Interview with Nicole Chung
Nicole Chung talks about confronting family lore surrounding her adoption, discovering revision ideas in her dreams, and editing a memoir while grieving.
Cassette
This is a good time/for abandonment, dear silent,/ cold universe with stairs/that go nowhere,/ where are you taking me?
Find Your Sacred Spaces: An Interview with Bill King
Bill King talks about his new poetry collection, The Letting Go, what he's learned from fatherhood, and the importance of sacred spaces for writers.
Two Poems by Isabel Zapata and Martha Mega, Translated from Spanish
In your nightmare, you walk slowly underneath an umbrella made out of human/ bones.
An Act of Exploration: An Interview with Deborah Eisenberg
Deborah Eisenberg discusses her forthcoming story collection Your Duck is My Duck, her writing process, and what's next.
Review: Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
Sea Prayer is a marvel for both its lyricism and its brevity, its ability to span generations and touch multiple narratives in such little space.