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Last year, Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist responsible for bringing Buddhism to the West, died. Linh Luu-Hopson commemorates Hanh’s memory by reviewing “Call Me By My True Names,” — a collection of Hanh’s anti-war and meditative poems.

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Contributor @ZoeEngels spoke with Iranian-American writer @DinaNayeri about the interconnected relationships between belief, truth, and the power of storytelling. Nayeri's book, “Who Gets Believed," an exploration of the refugee experience, was just published by @CatapultStory https://t.co/OTKa3yU3jP

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In Ocean Vuong’s Poetry, an Ocean of Moving Elegiac Paradoxes, a review by Wally Suphap up now at the link below! http://columbiajournal.org/ocean-vuong-time-is-a-mother-review/ https://t.co/uU73mrMqCs

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In this interview, Kate Sullivan interviews Marisa (Mac) Crane about their debut novel, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself, a stunning, speculative exploration of shame and grief. https://t.co/bouDVw3jz1 https://t.co/uDBkLhvo1o

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ATTENTION ALL FICTION AUTHORS: The Columbia Journal is NOW accepting fiction submissions for our Spring Contest. Submissions will be judged by the talented Garielle Lutz! Lutz is the author of eight books, the most recent of which is the short-story collection "Worsted" (SF/LD) https://t.co/2Oc2ocFB7E

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Welcome @natalieshapero, our poetry judge and author of the poetry collection POPULAR LONGING. Natalie’s writing has appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and elsewhere. She teaches at UC Irvine. https://t.co/lhPfk8IEOy

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In our latest piece, contributor Sarah Wingerter reviewed Austrian writer Monika Helfer's 2020 novel Die Bagage (Last House Before the Mountain). https://t.co/eDobR1UH9w

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@RobertWoodLynn the winner of this year’s Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, has published a poem with Columbia Journal that you can now check at the link below! His poem is also a part of a larger collection, titled MOTHMAN APOLOGIA, out now. https://t.co/x8mcYvprwM https://t.co/1CA85rtu4S

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Our newest and first book review of the summer is up now at the link below! Check it out to read Stephanie Philp's review of Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You http://columbiajournal.org/review-beautiful-world-where-are-you/

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Have a translation piece? Submit it to our Spring Contest today, judged by the brilliant Aaron Coleman. His poems and essays have appeared in publications including Boston Review, Callaloo, The New York Times, the Poetry Society of America, and more!