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