“Fallen Angel.” Oil on canvas, 16×20, May 2021, by Susan Glickman The Dove Dove The scientific name for pigeon is Columbidae, a latinization of the Greek κόλυμβος (kolumbos), meaning “diver”, the name applied to pigeons in Ancient Greece and analogous to the English word “dove”, derived from to Old English dūfan: “to dive or plunge”.Continue reading “The Dove Dove. Non-fiction by Susan Glickman”
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Sussing out the Olympic Movement: Where are the Women? An essay by Olga Stein
Sussing out the Olympic Movement: Where are the Women:? As I tell the students in my sociology of sports course, the Olympics, and the organization at its centre, the International Olympic Committee, is worth studying. So much of what goes on in the world of sports—the good, the bad, and the ugly, pardon the cliché—convergesContinue reading “Sussing out the Olympic Movement: Where are the Women? An essay by Olga Stein”
Rasha’s Daughter. Fiction by Irena Karafilly
RASHA’S DAUGHTER It was agreed we would meet by the entrance to the park, where a young Mexican stood on weekends, wearing a sombrero, selling packaged ice cream. Mother, who was two months pregnant, was going to see a doctor, after which we were meant to shop for summer clothes. It was one day beforeContinue reading “Rasha’s Daughter. Fiction by Irena Karafilly”
Two Dead Poets. Fiction/Prose Poem by Roger Moore
Two Dead PoetsA Poet Revisits Lorca’s DeathMadrid / Granada, July 1936 Clouds gathered over the capital. A rising storm. Rumors slouched through streets and squares. Hunched in coffee-shops. Puffed at cigarettes. Struggled up stairways. Stumbled down alleyways. Lorca took it all in but was not taken in. He knew the signs. War marched through backContinue reading “Two Dead Poets. Fiction/Prose Poem by Roger Moore”
The Shaming of Oshia. Fiction by Joshua Akemecha
THE SHAMING OF OSHIAIt was a day in April, but not April 1st, lest you conjecture that it was April fool! A day that would enter the annals of chroniclers in my Oshie clan as the date of the most ridiculous drama of the masked dance dubbed Oshia! The cosmic setting was Ogyi-Onwek, at theContinue reading “The Shaming of Oshia. Fiction by Joshua Akemecha”
The Silent Imagination. Fiction by Gerald Shepherd
THE SILENT IMAGINATION INTRODUCTION: The whole world is enclosed in a goldfish bowl on top of a flesh coloured pedestal. There are no voices outside but strangely no silence either. Somewhere within the bowl which is the world there is a bright green field; too bright a green, reminiscent of a field of tulips onceContinue reading “The Silent Imagination. Fiction by Gerald Shepherd”
The Log Boom. Fiction by Mitch Toews
The Log Boom Marty and Frederick The two stood in a hard-packed dirt barnyard, facing the end wall of an old dairy barn. The smell of cows still permeated the air. It was sweet, fetid and oddly appealing — the kind of smell that was at first unpleasant but that, over time, oneContinue reading “The Log Boom. Fiction by Mitch Toews”
A Focus on Fiction by Sylvia Petter
In the beginning was the story ….it´s always the story. This fiction issue has long and shorter stories about persons who don´t necessarily fit the expected mould. In Mitchell Toews’ “The Log Boom”, a father and son deliberate on how to inform émigré Dutch grandfather of his grandson´s coming out. Gerald Shephard´s “The Silent Imagination”Continue reading “A Focus on Fiction by Sylvia Petter”
Nathan D. Horowitz in Conversation with Jane Spokenword
In this month’s podcast we introduce you to Nathan D. Horowitz. A writer, poet, devoted educator, translator and proof reader. He earned bachelor of arts degree in English from Oberlin College and a master of arts degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts.He currently Lives in Baltimore, MD. Nathan D. Horowitz. A writer,Continue reading “Nathan D. Horowitz in Conversation with Jane Spokenword”
Letter from the Editor. July 2021
Welcome to WordCity Literary Journal’s July 2021 issue. For this collection, while we accepted works that address many different themes, we also expanded on one that was brought forward by our fiction editor, Sylvia Petter. Sylvia noted that 2021 marks only 50 years since Women in Switzerland won the right to vote. Fifty years. WithContinue reading “Letter from the Editor. July 2021”
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