Congratulations to the recipients of the Kenneth Koch Poetry Prize in honor of our 100th volume: Mackenzie Turgeon CC’21 for her poem “American Studies for…
100th Volume Retrospective: Happy Autumn Fields by John Ashbery
John Ashbery won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and many other prizes. This poem was published by the Review over twenty years after he…
100th Volume Retrospective: from “Dakar Doldrums” by Allen Ginsberg
At Columbia University, Ginsberg, Kerouac, and other beat poets got to know each other. Many of them were published in the Review. from “Dakar Doldrums”…
100th Volume Retrospective: Choruses by John Hollander
John Hollander was an eminent poet, scholar, and critic. He has written numerous poetry collections, the first of which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets…
100th Volume Retrospective: On a Terrace of Nails by Mark Statman
Today we return to prose with this work by Mark Statman. Since being published in the Columbia Review, he has published four of his own…
100th Volume Retrospective: Untitled by Kate Farrell
Kate Farrell has taught poetry in nursing homes, in public schools, and at Columbia. She has published multiple books, including poetry anthologies coauthored with Kenneth…
100th Volume Retrospective: Albuquerque by Frank Lima
Frank Lima had already published his own poetry collections by the time this poem was published in the Review. He received an MFA from Columbia.…
100th Volume Retrospective: Perfect Timing by Diane Mehta
Diane Mehta is a freelance journalist and writer. She has previously published a book on writing poetry, and her debut poetry collection, Forest with Castanets, will…
100th Volume Retrospective: Nature Mort by Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch, a former editor of The Columbia Review, is a director, screenwriter, and actor. He won the Caméra d’Or prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival for…
100th Volume Retrospective: Abraham’s Tent by Paul Spike
Today we have our first prose piece in the retrospective series. It was written by Paul Spike, now known best for his memoir Photographs of…