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…
100th Volume Retrospective: Poem by Tory Dent
The Columbia Review printed this work by Tory Dent while she was studying at Barnard College. She later published three volumes of poetry and received…
100th Volume Retrospective: Racing to the Coast by Leslie Gottesman
Today’s poem was written by Leslie Gottesman, who went on to become a professor of English at Golden Gate University. Racing to the Coast by…
100th Volume Retrospective: Atonement by Mary Morris
As a countdown to the release of the first issue of our 100th volume on December 14th, we will be posting pieces every day from previous issues…
Announcement: The Columbia Review’s 100th Volume Literary Prizes!
The Columbia Review is excited to announce that we are offering one-time prizes to celebrate the first issue in our 100th Volume during the Fall…
Read Our Spring 2018 Issue!
The Columbia Review is proud to announce the second installment of our 99th Volume. We would like to thank all of our wonderful contributors, our…
The Fall 2017 Issue is Here!
We’d like to thank all of the talented contributors for their great work. We would also like to thank the Gatsby Foundation for their generosity. We…
The Spring 2017 Issue is Here!
We’d like to thank all of the talented contributors for their great work. We would also like to thank the Gatsby Foundation for their generosity. We…