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Kids with Coca-Cola, 1959. Photo courtesy Jill Mandrake.

Elementary

On the merry-go-round, you just shouted out a des­ti­na­tion and all the kids pushed until every­one agreed we’d arrived. more »

May 24, 2011 by in Essays

In the Centre

Another great comic from the Geist 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition.In kindergarten, 'normal' is loosely defined. more »

Mar 28, 2011 by in Comix (2 Comments)

The Death of Thomas Jerusalem Wall

Honourable mention in the 6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest. more »

May 17, 2010 by in Postcard Story Contest (9 Comments)

No One Except God

From Scrapbook of My Years As a Zealot, published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2008. more »

Apr 20, 2010 by in FINDINGS

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To Every Thing There Is a Season: A Cape Breton Christmas Story

To Every Thing There Is a Season: A Cape Breton Christmas Story (McClelland & Stewart) is written by Alistair MacLeod and illustrated by Peter Rankin. more »

Jul 24, 2007 by in Reviews

Bambi and Me

The invaluable Sheila Fischman, whose translations have become a kind of national treasure, has brought us another book by Michel Tremblay: Bambi and Me (Talonbooks) is a small memoir of Tremblay's earliest movie-going days in Montreal in the fifties more »

Jul 23, 2007 by in Reviews