In 1988 Columbia Poetry Review, founded by faculty member Paul Hoover, released its first print issue.In 2003 David Trinidad took over as faculty advisor.Other advisors have included Suzanne Buffam, Cora Jacobs, Becca Klaver, and Tony Trigilio.
Poems from CPR have been included in several issues of Best American Poetry and Poetry Daily.
Now after three decades Columbia Poetry Review has come to an end with issue no. 34, published at the end of 2020.