Immigrants from Nowhere
Stephen Henighan asks: what if you don't have a tidy answer to "Where are you from?" more »
Features
Letters to Manitora
Nina Bunjevac's homesick father receives hundreds of mis-addressed letters and postcards from Serbian penpals. more »
Without Reservations
Patty Osborne reviews Devil in Deerskins: My Life with Grey Owl, a memoir by Anahareo, and Kuessipan by Naomi Fontaine, two contrasting reflections on the aboriginal experience. more »
Shackled
Stephen Osborne discusses the notion that Canadian literature is “shackled to a corpse dragging us down into the future.” more »
Neon Moon
my blood has blessed these sidewalks longer than the waters of Misipawistik have washed my village more »
Photomontage
Photographer Ross C. Kelly takes repeated images of cityscapes over a period of time in order to create collages. more »
Rockin' Through Ontario
andrea bennett suggests that Road Rocks Ontario, a poorly proofread guide to our middle province’s geologic wonders, has a five-star rating on Goodreads because "people who like rocks like them a whole lot." more »
Heavy Reading
Dylan Gyles embarks on a quest to read all of literature's most difficult tomes, starting with Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. more »
Hibakusha
Myles Wirth tells the story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, oil tanker designer and survivor of bombings at both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. more »
Flight of Fancy
Roni Simunovic takes an Air Canada rouge flight from Halifax to Calgary and ridicules the flight attendants' absurd new uniforms. more »
Drunk, Armed With Guitar
"RCMP are responding to Canadian Tire for a report that a male is threatening staff with an axe he was trying to return" and other tweets from @ScanBC. more »
GEIST NEWS
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Deirdre Dore Longlisted for Journey Prize
Congratulations to Deirdre Dore, whose story, “The Wise Baby," has been longlisted for the 2015 Journey Prize! more »
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Put Geist in your bag and tote it
Get an Eve Corbel True Funnies tote bag FREE when you subscribe to Geist. more »
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The Syrup Trap!
Geist 97 will feature the first print issue of The Syrup Trap, Canada's favourite humour magazine! more »
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Jane Munro Wins Griffin Poetry Prize
Jane Munro, Geist contributor, has won the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize! more »
Blogs
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VQFF 2015: The Blue Hour
Vengeful spirits, garbage dumps, people-shaped stains and a dilapidated swimming pool—this queer coming-of-age love story has it all. more »
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VQFF 2015: Eisenstein in Guanajuato
VQFF's Opening Gala film celebrates the most simultaneously disgusting and visceral bits of the human experience: bodily functions, sodomy and death. more »
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Pickathon Festival Report: Sunday
With two days of extreme heat and sizzling tunes, the Pacific Northwest festival comes to a close. Turns out anything can be folk music. more »
