I feel like a child in an empty box. The walls are daydreams, and the world is anything.
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I feel like a child in an empty box. The walls are daydreams, and the world is anything.
The most powerful magic often remains invisible, except to those who know how to recognize it. The act of gendering is also an incantation, an act of naming.
Trethewey’s memoir is a lyric confrontation with grief—the way it shapes and reshapes memory over time, permeating even those decades preceding loss.
Columbia Journal has shortlisted up to 23 writers and artists for the Special Issue on Loneliness contest.
The carrot seedlings grew two perfect, long leaves like blades of grass. I’d vibrate with excitement every time I peeked in on them, every time I brushed my fingertips softly against their green.
Martis writes about the body in stressful and harmful times, boyfriends gone so wrong they dip into Greek tragedy, and separates the chapters with pithy interstitials named “The Necessary Survival Guide for Token Students.” Her memoir dives into friendship, family…
Columbia Journal is excited to announce the winners and finalists of our inaugural Womxn’s History Month Special Issue, in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. We want to thank everyone who submitted for creating art and sharing their work with us,…
My mother doesn’t read while I play in the sand with my friends or take my weekly swimming lesson. She reclines in the cheap plastic beach chair, swatting away the occasional fly and sipping her Tab. With her mirrored aviator…
As he ran, his tattered white sneakers stirred dust. But when he stepped on first base, Norm’s demeanor reverted to that of an old and ailing man. Before he limped back to his spot on the fence, he said, “That’s…
Monson’s writing, while reaching for what’s beneath, remains close and accessible on the page.
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 want to thank everyone who submitted for creating art and sharing their work with us,…
At the Columbia Journal, we believe in creating space for and celebrating traditionally underrepresented voices. We seek out and support marginalized writers year-round, but this March marks our first ever Womxn’s History Month special issue.
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