Call for Manuscripts. Indigenous Voices of Canada: Heart, Hope and Land

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”

From Africa with Love. A review by Dr Geraldine Sinyuy

From Africa with Love: Voices from a Creative Continent curated and edited by Kelly Kaur in conjunction with Wole Adedoyin, Director, IHRAF African Secretariat. A Publication of the International Human Rights Arts Festival (IHRAF), 2023. From Africa with Love: Voices from a Creative Continent is a collective call for revival, a revolution churned through allContinue reading “From Africa with Love. A review by Dr Geraldine Sinyuy”

Lotus Flower. Fiction by Kelly Kaur

Lotus Flower         My high-pitched wails permeated the humid, grey-walled hospital room. Loud, angry protests of being rudely thrust into the crap of life. My mother shed bitter tears of regret. Not the coveted son my father wanted. A second daughter. A woman who could only deliver girl children. Useless. My mother gazed indifferentlyContinue reading “Lotus Flower. Fiction by Kelly Kaur”

Mother. A story by Kelly Kaur

Mother Gurbir thrashed her torso in grief on the lime green sofa, the one covered in thick, shiny plastic to keep it permanently clean. Her muffled sobs added to the unlikely squeak of friction of her bright pink silk suit against the sticky plastic. She beat her forehead with both her palms. Her twenty-four heavy,Continue reading “Mother. A story by Kelly Kaur”