The Close Reading Series invites our board editors to write about a favorite piece from our Spring 2020 issue. These readings are not intended to…
Close Reading Series: Maddie Woda on “The Crushing Pain of Existence”
The Close Reading Series invites our board editors to write about a favorite piece from our Spring 2020 issue. These readings are not intended to…
Bryn Evans: Weight, Time, & the Afrofuture
AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY MORGAN LEVINE Bryn Evans received our Spring 2020 Poetry Prize for her poem “Thotiana’s interlude, or Barbara Mason reconsiders settling down.”…
Sara Kachelman: On Friendship and the “Old-World Horror” of Climate Change
An interview conducted by Sofia Montrone Sara Kachelman received The Columbia Review’s Spring 2020 Prose Prize for her short story “Friends of the Gyre.” Her…
Spring 2020 Prizewinners, Runners-Up, and Finalists: Links to pieces!
The time has come to read our Spring 2020 issue, now available on our “Current Issue” page! Below, you’ll find all of our phenomenal finalists,…
In Support of BLM: Organizations to Donate to
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: https://www.nypl.org/support/membership/schomburg-society “Harlem’s beloved NYPL branch—a research institution, community center, and artistic stronghold dedicated to Black history and…
Black Lives Matter. Black Stories Do, Too.
ANTI-RACIST READINGS AND FEATURED BLACK ARTISTS: RECOMMENDED READING BY THE COLUMBIA REVIEW
Jake Skeets and Christopher Soto: On Literary Activism During Covid-19
Intro: Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers (Milkweed Editions, 2019) and Christopher Soto is the editor of…
Sunday Staff Picks: May 17th
Writers and Lovers by Lily King Writers and Lovers is Lily King’s latest book after the success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel, Euphoria.…
Sunday Staff Picks: May 10th
Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell is not the book you’re expecting—but unquestionably the book we all…