The Varsity Review was an undergraduate literary magazine at Columbia University in the early 20th century. Lionel Trilling, John Dewey, Jacques Barzun, Mark Van Doren, are a few of the storied scholars, writers, and students who contributed to the original magazine. In a catholic fashion, they published pieces both high- and lowbrow, poetry and prose, from members all across the Columbia community. While there are many active literary magazines at Columbia today, few encompass the wide reach of Columbia’s literary milieu, past and present. The mission of the revived The Varsity Review is much the same as it was then: to publish and republish material that tries to live up to Columbia University’s sui generis literary tradition, reaching as far and wide as possible.December 1923 Cover, 
The New Columbia Varsity

Volume I

Kierkegaard: Master of MasksDavid LehmanCC ’70, Cambridge ’72, GSAS ’78Prose/Poetry
Christ On A BikeWill SussbauerYale University ’27Prose
Ninnosperononek
Ryan MateraSoA ’27Prose
Memory, Memorial, MonumentDavid Alexander PapiasviliCC ’07Prose
Notes on TravelFenris ZimmerCC ’26Prose
A Note on Columbia Writers: 1920-1932Mark Van DorenGSAS ’1920, Professor of EnglishProse
Tu BishvatAri GordonCC ’27Poetry
Three Poems
Rachel HadasRadcliffe ’69, Johns Hopkins ’77, Princeton ’82Poetry
Submissions are currently open for Volume II, which will hopefully appear in print. Send us your work: submit@varsityreview.com. If you are interested in joining the editorial staff of The Varsity Review, reach out to Ari at contact@varsityreview.com.

Editor-in-Chief
Ari GordonProse Editor
Finn WithamPoetry Editor
Fenris ZimmerArt Editor
Talia Grogan Schmidt
The Varsity Review is not officially affiliated with Columbia University; that would be nice, though.
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