http://www.geist.com/findings/prose/index.rss en-en Copyright (c) 2013 The Geist Foundation Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT 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."

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/budge/ http://www.geist.com/articles/budge/ Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT 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.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/that-beautifully-unworldly%2C-reasonless-rampaging-of-my-old-self/ http://www.geist.com/articles/that-beautifully-unworldly%2C-reasonless-rampaging-of-my-old-self/ Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:43:00 GMT 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.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/why-not/ http://www.geist.com/articles/why-not/ Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:27:00 GMT An email message to Geist from Randy Fred, describing his journey from his home on Vancouver Island to Penticton, in the interior of BC.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/round-trip/ http://www.geist.com/articles/round-trip/ Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:26:00 GMT I use the thicker rope for hanging men. I don’t like to use the same piece twice. A fresh length each time and left on, disposed of with the body.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/my-rope/ http://www.geist.com/articles/my-rope/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:29:00 GMT Adam Gopnik deconstructs the submerged iceberg and unique snowflake metaphors.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/snowflakes-and-icebergs/ http://www.geist.com/articles/snowflakes-and-icebergs/ Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:11:00 GMT Musician Carolyn Mark remembers a wild night with her record label, two roller derby girls, and a pellet gun.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/roller/ http://www.geist.com/articles/roller/ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:17:00 GMT If elected, punk rocker Joe Keithley promises to put YOU THE PEOPLE first!!

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/joe-shithead%2C-mla/ http://www.geist.com/articles/joe-shithead%2C-mla/ Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:20:00 GMT A man infiltrates his elderly neighbour's home disguised as a Meals-On-Wheels representative.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/holiday/ http://www.geist.com/articles/holiday/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:46:00 GMT An excerpt from Crossings by Betty Lambert, a novel first published by Pulp Press in 1979 and republished as part of the Legacy Books Project in 2011.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/shriek-of-freedom/ http://www.geist.com/articles/shriek-of-freedom/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:22:30 GMT This excerpt from Roughing It in the Bush was used for the 2011 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/strangers-in-the-bush/ http://www.geist.com/articles/strangers-in-the-bush/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:45:00 GMT Learn to shave like a poet: the beard must be worn with a thoughtful and forlorn expression.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/the-poets-beard/ http://www.geist.com/articles/the-poets-beard/ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:26:00 GMT An owl researcher squares off with an over-protective bird named Granny.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/belly-dancer/ http://www.geist.com/articles/belly-dancer/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:09:00 GMT Any award that is done by com­mit­tee is sus­pect in one way or another.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/prize-politics/ http://www.geist.com/articles/prize-politics/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:26:00 GMT The fleeting appearance of a familiar ghost haunts the pages of Jill Mandrake's story, loosely based on actual events.

]]> http://www.geist.com/articles/years-halloween-tale/ http://www.geist.com/articles/years-halloween-tale/ Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:27:00 GMT