FINDINGS: comix, lists, toons, excerpts, interviews, photos

How Our Bodies Experience Time

Time is an important variable when looking for a missing person—especially so when the RCMP conduct "the bastard search." more »

Apr 9, 2013 by Jessa Gamble in FINDINGS

Publicity

Because of its status as the city’s tallest structure, the World Tower attracted a fair share of attention over the years, but nothing equalled the much-publicized attempt by Harry Gardiner, “The Human Fly." more »

Mar 28, 2013 by Daniel Francis in FINDINGS

Cradled in the Megacity

I was ready to have to scrape the smog off my windshield every morning and evening. more »

Mar 28, 2013 by Bruce Arthur in FINDINGS

Thomas Claveirole

in my dreams

A visceral scene of bloodshed wrought over injustice. From The Enpipe Line: 70,000 km of poetry written in resistance to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal. more »

Mar 27, 2013 by Mercedes Eng in Poetry

Susan Sermoneta on flickr.com

Budge

Two men have a confrontation in a convenience store. "One is forty-seven; the other is thirty-seven. One has a gun; the other has not." more »

Mar 13, 2013 by Tom Osborne in Prose

Little Comrades

Laurie Lewis remembers a childhood of RCMP interrogations, covert meetings with parents-in-hiding and lots and lots of pudding. more »

Mar 2, 2013 by Laurie Lewis in FINDINGS

Photo by Filipão 28 at flickr.com

Emergency Broadcast System

"Forget the cat. Focus instead on the topless lady. You have been provided with paper for notes. Remember, this is only a test." more »

Feb 20, 2013 by George Murray in FINDINGS

Billy Collins Interviewed on Stage at Chautauqua

Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States, says poetry is optional. And that your reader's crotch is the one thing you never worry about. more »

Jan 31, 2013 by Marilyn Gear Pilling in FINDINGS (2 Comments)

The Night of the R-100

Jean-Claude Germain tells the story of how his aunt once found herself abandoned in a Montreal cow pasture one night in 1930. more »

Jan 14, 2013 by Jean-Claude Germain in FINDINGS

Lost at Sea

A true story told by Mary Hunt (née Way), a ninety-two-year-old retired Avon representative who lives in St. John's, NF. The story was written down by her grandson, Rob Fritz, and brought to Geist by her niece, Lily Gontard, a contributing editor. more »

Jan 10, 2013 by Mary Hunt in FINDINGS (1 Comments)

Timeline

"1861–65: American Civil War. Canada invents popcorn and takes to the sidelines." The history of Canadian-American relations, an excerpt from "America, But Better." more »

Dec 13, 2012 by Brian Calvert, Chris Cannon in FINDINGS

False Recognition Hoodie

An unassuming hooded sweatshirt proves to be more than simple outerwear. Eve Corbel recounts her run-ins with the False Recognition Hoodie. more »

Nov 14, 2012 by Eve Corbel in Comix (3 Comments)

The Unread

You know that book you just can't be bothered reading? In this comix, Eve Corbel is haunted by her collection of unstarted and unfinished books. more »

Sep 20, 2012 by Eve Corbel in Comix (3 Comments)

That Beautifully Unworldly, Reasonless Rampaging of My Old Self

This excerpt from Claudia Cornwall's At World's Edge, Curt Lang's Vancouver 1937-1998 details Lang's time in Europe and his refascination with Canada. more »

Jul 10, 2012 by Claudia Cornwall in Prose

Real Live Old Sea Dogs

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Jul 9, 2012 by Jimmy Beaulieu in Comix

The Slave Castle of Elmina

sure enough when we quieted down we could hear its faint cries and sense its frantic little bird heart rattling in its cage of bones more »

Jul 9, 2012 by Rob Taylor in Poetry

Why Not

In this excerpt from M.A.C. Farrant's The Strange Truth About Us, one man partakes in ritual rock stacking, another uses the time spent waiting to scrutize the world, and a woman with a star named after her is cremated in a full-length mink coat. more »

Jul 9, 2012 by M.A.C. Farrant in Prose