Adam Gopnik deconstructs the submerged iceberg and unique snowflake metaphors.
CALVIN WHARTON
Superman, You Prick
"You know, Superman, sometimes you can be a real prick."
Randy Fred
Round Trip
An email message to Geist from Randy Fred, describing his journey from his home on Vancouver Island to Penticton, in the interior of BC.
M.A.C. Farrant
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.
JEAN-CLAUDE GERMAIN
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.
Chris Cannon
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."
DON AUSTIN
The Great Man
There was a gap in History where there should have been a great man. The important events had moved into place, their gears locked, everything was ready but he didn’t show up.
Geist one-minute movie No. 68: le vieux port, Montreal
Geist one-minute movie No. 52: Sherwood Park, AB
Geist one-minute movie No. 73: Grandin Pond, St. Albert
Geist one-minute movie No. 76: Squirrel Cove, Cortes Island
Geist one-minute movie No. 77: Manson's Landing, Cortes Island
Geist one-minute movie No. 71: 135 bus, Vancouver
Geist one-minute movie No. 75: Hollyhock, Cortes Island
Geist one-minute movie No. 74: Lacombe Lake, St. Albert
Geist one-minute movie No. 72: Geist office window, Vancouver
Geist one-minute movie No. 69: Horseshoe Bay
Geist one-minute movie No. 70: Quadra Island
Geist one-minute movie No. 78: Goldstream Provincial Park, BC
