Dispatches
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In the Pines
It is a Sunday in August. We drive from London, Ontario, to the Pinery Provincial Park in a new green 1964 Mercury Comet. more
Working Life for a Girl in the 1960s
We got paid once a week in cash - it made you feel special the first few times. more
Contact No Contact
Personal narratives by Indigenous and settler contributors describing significant first contacts that brought new insights. more
Stories from a West Coast Town
Very quietly, very slowly, happiness can take over a person's life more
Candy Cap Magic
Forgotten cutlery, missing mushrooms and lingering doubt: a recipe for bewilderment. more
Corpse Reviver
The restaurant had white concrete walls and chrome lights dangling from the ceiling that gave the place an operating theatre vibe. more
Hived Off
Christine Novosel reports from Glasgow on art school, apiary management, Brexit and being a junkyard dog. more
Wholesome Reading
Evelyn Everett-Green wrote novels for young people, of a morally improving nature. Her books were also meant to entertain, with tales of wholesome adventure and romance, often set in heroic times or picturesque locations. more
Sewing Cabinet: Short Film
A short film featuring "Sewing Cabinet" by Julie Vandervoort, originally published in Geist 74. more
A Different Sort of Synagogue
David Koulack spends Yom Kippur in a packed gymnasium in Paris among a beehive of activity and a cacophony of sound. more
Some Lesser-Known Emoji
Eve Corbel draws emoji you can use when Mercury is in retrograde, when you've eaten too much hot sauce and during other specific times of need. more
