Editorial: Closing Remarks Dear Readers, As we appear to be on the last edition of WordCity, I want to take a moment to thank all of you for your support and attention to our magazine. We started this project in 2020, at the height of a world-shattering pandemic, and we’ve continued it through events thatContinue reading “Editorial: Closing Remarks. By Olga Stein”
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Woman, Life, Freedom: Reflections on the Anthology and on Activism in the Arts. By Cy Strom
Woman, Life, Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution Reflections on the Anthology and on Activism in the Arts I have been thinking for a time of what I’m about to say from an outsider’s perspective. Well, the world is small enough to make all of us insiders. This is another insider’s perspective. Iran is onContinue reading “Woman, Life, Freedom: Reflections on the Anthology and on Activism in the Arts. By Cy Strom”
Non-Fiction: Editor’s note on Censorship and its Erasures. Olga Stein
Non-Fiction: Editor’s note on Censorship and its Erasures Our Summer 2023 issue is finally here, and I, along with all of our editors, wish to thank contributors and readers for their continuing interest and patience. The theme of censorship is an important one, as the news reaching us daily from the United States and RussiaContinue reading “Non-Fiction: Editor’s note on Censorship and its Erasures. Olga Stein”
WordCity Literary Journal. November 2022.
©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. WordCity’s non-fiction editor, Olga Stein Our War on War War isn’t a place anyone would want to visit. Even this statement borders on the inane and insensitive, given the scaleContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. November 2022.”
November 2022 Editorial: Our War on War. by Olga Stein
Our War on War War isn’t a place anyone would want to visit. Even this statement borders on the inane and insensitive, given the scale of destruction, death, and suffering we’ve been shown by journalists who’re forced to shield consumers of news from the real devastation taking place on the ground. Let’s keep in mindContinue reading “November 2022 Editorial: Our War on War. by Olga Stein”
WordCity Literary Journal. September 2022.
©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Non-fiction Editor Olga Stein Where We are Now Putting together an issue that is critical of the new anti-abortion laws in the USA has been wrenching for us at WordCity.Continue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. September 2022.”
Where We are Now. editorial by Olga Stein
Where We are Now Putting together an issue that is critical of the new anti-abortion laws in the USA has been wrenching for us at WordCity. It has been exactly two years since the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and look where we find ourselves as women and as members of a society that seesContinue reading “Where We are Now. editorial by Olga Stein”
WordCity Literary Journal. July 2022
©®| 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 Every so often, we leave our theme open to whatever may be on the minds and hearts (and also in the files) of writers and poets aroundContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. July 2022”
Networks: Sublime Omnipresence. an editorial essay by Olga Stein
“Networks: Sublime Omnipresence” July 8 was a type of freaky Friday. Rogers’ communications networks went down across the country, which meant that on the morning of July 8 no Rogers customer could use their cell phones, computers, or watch TV anywhere in Canada. But that was just the beginning. Currently, I’m not a Rogers customerContinue reading “Networks: Sublime Omnipresence. an editorial essay by Olga Stein”
Letter from the Poetry Editor. Clara Burghelea
Welcome to the May issue of WordCityLit Journal. This issue features a human rights theme and stands in solidarity with Ukraine and its people. The work is dedicated to the resilient people of Ukraine, speaking against the inhumanity of war, calling for peace and acknowledging the experiences of all poets and writers personally involved inContinue reading “Letter from the Poetry Editor. Clara Burghelea”