First Born Sons

Authors

  • Juliane Okot Bitek

Abstract

It was a glib slide, a quick pass, a little lift at the corner of the mouth, an almost smile. It was a quick look, a glib remark about places to live, to be safe, away from this darkness. It was a little lift at the corner of the mouth, a glib smile, a quick pass over, no bloody cross at the door -- it was an invitation. It was a bloody smile, a little lift of the curtain, a glib pass of spittle that flew over in an arc, hang in the air and burst into colourful stories of contested land in faraway places.

Author Biography

  • Juliane Okot Bitek

    Juliane Otok Bitek is the daughter of a poet father and a story-teller mother. She was born to exiled parents in Kenya, came of age in Uganda and now lives in Canada. Juliane’s work has won writing awards in Canada, the United States and Europe. She is an essayist, free-lance writer and poet. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art (Creative Writing) in 1995 from the University of British Columbia.

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Published

2011-08-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011): Journal of Internal Displacement

Section

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