Geist 114

Louie Palu captures the Arctic landscape; Connie Kuhns on the tweets of Yoko Ono; Lorna MacKinnon prepares for a hurricane; Alberto Manguel on the defeat of Sherlock Holmes.

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Also in Geist 114:

Joe Bongiorno, Greta Thunberg and Justin Trudeau attend the Montreal climate march

Stephen Henighan on flight shame

Sonnet of ’69

Non-sequitur theatre by Brad Yung

Microscopic photography by Vance Williams

Margaret Nowaczyk on narrative medicine 

Aleksandar Hemon on wasteful Canadians

Bathroom stall poetry from the Sonny Boy Esso station in Chamberlain, SK

One Way to Keep Track of Who is Talking by Marie Annharte Baker

New fiction by Barbara Black 

The National Map of Gourmand Locutions

…and the world’s most difficult crossword puzzle!

Table of Contents

IN CAMERA

WWII photography by Daniel Kiss

FEATURES

Barbara Black, “Ground Zero”

Louie Palu, “Arctic Passage”

Connie Kuhns, "There is a Wind That Never Dies"

NOTES & DISPATCHES

Margaret Nowaczyk, “Room for More”

Joe Bongiorno, “Last Laughs”

Lorna MacKinnon, “Weekend with Dorian”

Lenore Rowntree, “Straight, No Chaser”

Jen Osborne, “Field Training”

FINDINGS

Images from “Slow Seconds: The Photography of George Thomas Taylor” curated by Ronald Rees and Joshua Green

Aleksandar Hemon on Canadian wastefulness

“One Way to Keep Track of Who is Talking” by Marie Annharte Baker

Brad Yung wonders what “postmodern soda” is

“Elevator Shoes” by Priscila Uppal

Sonnet LXVIII, based on Bryan Adams' “Summer of '69”

A poem written in a bathroom stall at Sonny Boy Esso station in Chamberlain

“Agnes, Murderess” by Sarah Leavitt

Christy Ann Conlin on back fat and saggy tits

“Occasional Poem” by Stuart Ross

The table of contents of “An Honest Woman”

“Broken Promises” by David A. Neel

Lucy Ellmann on eggs and water wings

“Water Mists and Sprays So Effective” by Vincent Pagé

“âcimowak / stories” by Mika Lafond

COLUMNS

Stephen Henighan, “Flight Shame”

Alberto Manguel, “The Defeat of Sherlock Holmes”

ENDNOTES: Featuring reviews of

The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, reviewed by Michael Hayward

The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata, reviewed by Anson Ching

Gastropod written and produced by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, reviewed by Kelsea O'Connor

The Weight of Snow by Christian Guay-Poliquin, reviewed by Patty Osborne

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, reviewed by Anson Ching

Walking in Berlin: A Flaneur in the Capital by Franz Hessel, Walks with Walser by Carl Seelig and Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are by John Kaag, reviewed by Michael Hayward

Reproduction by Ian Williams, reviewed by Kathleen Murdock

Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road by Kate Harris, reviewed by Michael Hayward

The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany, reviewed by Anson Ching

THE WALL

And the GEIST CRYPTIC CROSSWORD!

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