Geoffrey G. O’Brien is the author of four books of poems, most recently People on Sunday. He is an Associate Professor in the English Department at UC Berkeley and also teaches for the Prison ...

to say the kinds of things no one wants to hear. Now I just write them in poems which take a day to come up with and then I take the next six days off. That’s not how the numbers are supposed to work, ...

The closer we get, the less distance needed, the more pain that arises Love, anxiety, tears, fear, happiness, radiance, and worries all transform the reflection of a person into an unrecognizable ...

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is an annual publication that features the very best in poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art. We were founded in 1977 and continue to be one of the few ...

From an almost whimsical beginning, these verses on wishing to overcome mortality grow lyrical and deeply moving ...