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October 2019

Sunday Staff Picks: October 27th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedOctober 27, 2019October 28, 2019

SoundMachine by Rachel Zucker In her elegiac poem “Rough Waters,” Rachel Zucker asks: “What story is this? / What animal am I?” These two questions…

Sunday Staff Picks: October 20th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedOctober 20, 2019October 20, 2019

Quichotte by Salman Rushdie The title character in Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Quichotte, explains his chivalric quest with the following quotation: “We may be after…

An Interview with Mark Statman

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedOctober 16, 2019October 16, 2019

The first thing that Mark Statman – translator, poet, and The Columbia Review alumnus – told me during our phone conversation was that there were…

Sunday Staff Picks: October 13th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedOctober 13, 2019October 13, 2019

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong It is a pleasure to read a sentence that makes language new; it is a revelation to…

Sunday Staff Picks: October 6th

  • Author thecolumbiareview
  • PublishedOctober 6, 2019April 3, 2020

Dunce by Mary Ruefle Mary Ruefle’s Dunce examines “the museum of / everyday life.” Throughout the book, Ruefle narrows her poetic gaze on the subjects…

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