WordCity Literary Journal is pleased to amplify the following call for mss from the International Human Rights Art Movement. Indigenous Voices of Canada: Heart, Hope and Land an International Human Rights Art Movement, New York, “Hear the Voices” publishing project Kelly Kaur, Editor Call for submissions! Submissions close May 1, 2024 Email your submission toContinue reading “Call for Manuscripts. Indigenous Voices of Canada: Heart, Hope and Land”
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Table of Contents. WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023
This page is under construction! Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack Fiction. Edited by Sylvia Petter Non-fiction. Edited by Olga Stein Books and Reviews. Edited by Geraldine Sinyuy Poetry. Edited by Clara Burghelea Return to Journal WordCity Literary Journal is provided free to readers from all around the world, and there is no costContinue reading “Table of Contents. WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023”
WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023
©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack On October 7th, Hamas terrorists breached the fence separating Gaza from Israel and tortured, raped, mutilated and murdered at least 1200 women, men and children. 1200 women,Continue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023”
Letter from the Editor. WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023
On October 7th, Hamas terrorists breached the fence separating Gaza from Israel and tortured, raped, mutilated and murdered at least 1200 women, men and children. 1200 women, men and children. Dead. Before taking an estimated 240 others into captivity as hostages. Israel’s far-right leaders soon responded to these atrocities with war, and after weeks ofContinue reading “Letter from the Editor. WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023”
A Fly in Amber. Flash Fiction by Sylvia Petter
A Fly in Amber My mother had a large piece of amber the size of my hand. She held it up to the light and I saw an entrapped insect. An ordinary fly. My mother said the amber came from Eastern Germany, from the Harz Mountains where she’d lived before the war. She said itContinue reading “A Fly in Amber. Flash Fiction by Sylvia Petter”
Stillwater. A novel excerpt by Darcie Friesen Hossack
Beet Roll (Chapter 2 of Stillwater) Marie adjusted the waistband of her skirt, a consequence of Mrs. Schlant’s pancakes. Too much bran always made it tighten. So, for that matter, did Lizzy and Daniel whenever they disagreed. And since both of those things were true today—too much friction and too much fibre—it was difficult toContinue reading “Stillwater. A novel excerpt by Darcie Friesen Hossack”
Excerpt from the Introduction to Rudy Wiebe: Essays on His Works. By Editor Bianca Lakoseljac
Excerpt from the Introduction to Rudy Wiebe: Essays on His Works Why the collection, Rudy Wiebe: Essays on His Works? That is the question a number of my colleagues and friends asked when I talked about compiling and editing an anthology on Wiebe’s works. During my graduate studies at York University, I took a course,Continue reading “Excerpt from the Introduction to Rudy Wiebe: Essays on His Works. By Editor Bianca Lakoseljac”
Jibanananda Das: Nationalism and Internationalism. an essay by Mozid Mahmud
Jibanananda Das: Nationalism and Internationalism Jibanananda Das had tried writing poetry in English, had written a few essays in the language too. But those did not go quite well and even when they did, it meant nothing for Bengali literature and its readers. He did not try being (in)famous the way Madhusudan Dutta did; MadhusudanContinue reading “Jibanananda Das: Nationalism and Internationalism. an essay by Mozid Mahmud”
Sahasrara, Thousand Petaled Lotus. Adventures in Creative Non-fiction by Brian Michael Barbeito
Sahasrara, Thousand Petaled Lotus Prose Poem, Letters Home, Adventures in Creative Non-fiction (a belles lettres epistolary episodic) ‘But we are all a bit broken, aren’t we?’ Maggie The Capricorn Woman. Prologue: The Woodlands Whimsical and Wondrous, a Stone in my Shoe but the Fine Firmament Blue I am atop the hill, on the summit, andContinue reading “Sahasrara, Thousand Petaled Lotus. Adventures in Creative Non-fiction by Brian Michael Barbeito”
The Scotiabank Giller Prize: How Canadian. Excerpt from the Introduction by Olga Stein
The Scotiabank Giller Prize: How Canadian. Excerpt from the Introduction by Olga Stein But regardless of whether or not the Giller declares an interest in ideas of nation when selecting juries, the prize does present a vision of Canadian literature. The visibility of a select group of works chosen by an awards jury contributes toContinue reading “The Scotiabank Giller Prize: How Canadian. Excerpt from the Introduction by Olga Stein”
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