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
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
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
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
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…