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    THE BLUE AND WHITE

    Columbia’s Undergraduate Magazine. Founded 1890.

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    Couch Surfing

    By Margaret Connor Buying a new couch was easy—minivan, bribe, lookout, you get the idea. The trouble came when I wanted to get rid of...
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    Excerpt from “Manifestations”
    Miska Lewis

    Excerpt from “Manifestations”

    By Miska Lewis Sometimes home reminded me of a classroom. It wasn’t that I got sleepy the moment I entered, or that there were rows and...
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    Lara Smith

    Beginner Astronomy

    By Lara Smith The first time I see a sky full of stars (and I mean real stars) I am around eight years old and visiting my grandparents...
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    My Brother’s Green Grass
    Owen Park

    My Brother’s Green Grass

    My older brother’s son had been missing six years when he decided to move to Los Angeles in a U-Haul with its roll-up door tied down to...
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    What I Just Found Out
    Owen Park

    What I Just Found Out

    This morning, I was finishing the uptown leg of the bike loop around Central Park, delivered by that winding final curve. All downhill...
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    I’ll Be Around
    Daniel Reiser

    I’ll Be Around

    By Daniel Reiser When I met Ayesha outside the Chinese restaurant I had to lean against a tree to stay still. It had been about a month...
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    The Garden of Ede
    Emily Bach

    The Garden of Ede

    By Emily Bach
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    Gesamtkunstwerk
    Adam Glusker

    Gesamtkunstwerk

    On January 30th, 2021 at roughly 4 a.m. ...
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    Lions and Hornets
    Billie Forester

    Lions and Hornets

    By Billie Forester
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    Nobody
    Sophie Paquette

    Nobody

    By Sophie Paquette. I only know Lou in the way we’ve all always known her. A breath against the backs of our necks, the swish of a skirt...
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    Out of Focus Calendar
    Judy Xie

    Out of Focus Calendar

    I began the day by trying to unvisit it or yesterday or the weeks that came before it.
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    Baintsíde: Fairy Women
    Belen Cahill

    Baintsíde: Fairy Women

    Supine, Brigid stares unblinking at the ceiling, paisley duvet pulled all the way up and over her nose so that only her eyes and forehead re
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    Sylvie Epstein

    Amber’s U-Pick Farm: Leona Valley

    By Sylvie Epstein I remember the smooth skin of each cherry—some red, some yellow, some red-yellow, some almost black—and how they felt...
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    The Three Phases of Twilight
    The Blue and White Magazine

    The Three Phases of Twilight

    The Blue and White continues its short fiction series with a story from a recent graduate from Columbia College.
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