The Colosseum

Colosseum Books, in partnership with Franciscan University Press and the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at the University of Saint Thomas, has launched a semi-annual journal of arts and letters, The Colosseum. The journal will publish new poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews in hopes of enlivening contemporary literature, renewing our culture, and supporting the return to literary craft and intellectual and spiritual depth in the arts.

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Advisory Board

Dominic Casella, Katy Carl, Amy Fahey, Matthew Giambrone, Joshua Hren, A.M. Juster, Brigid Pasulka, Joseph Pearce, Robert Royal, Sarah Wear, Ryan Wilson, The Rev'd Canon Martin Yost

Editor-in-Chief

James Matthew Wilson

Managing Editor

Michael Yost

Assistant Editors

Karen D'Anselmi, Benjamin Evans, Will James, Chiara Jurczak, Courtney Kim, Alexander Pease, Angie Robb, Benjamin Rose, Fiona R. Spring, Cara Valle

Issues

Winter 2026 TEST

Essays

Language Full of Ghosts, (Preface to Calif. Poems) Dana Gioia

“The wind of nothingness” the Persian poets say, Franz Liszt, The Emperor Jahangir and Nur Jahan Meet for the First Time, Dick Davis

Death, Thou Shalt Die, Elijah Perseus Blumov

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