A list of template letters for occasions on which one ought to apologize in writing.

Once out of storage and onto the lawn, the clutter looked different.

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Never use hair dryer while sleeping.Shin pads cannot protect any part of the body they do not cover.Do not close your eyes while driving.Sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.

Marion at sixteen is in the chaplain’s office at St. Mary’s boarding school. She’s in trouble again. Ms. Burkins noticed the protruding tufts of unkempt hair under her arms. With every jumping jack, Burkins’s eyes were drawn to the unruly curls—betwe

Sometimes, sitting across from Archie on those thigh-sticking vinyl seats at Pop’s, Jughead has this feeling.

Right back to the bright, clear days of New York in the fifties, backslapping double shots of Jack Daniels at the Cedar Tavern with Pollock and de Kooning and Kline and all the rest, Jack had always enjoyed the company of painters.

Day six the dogs died; Cedric “neglected” to put out feed for them. We ate the huskies, threw their bones aside. Day seven polar bears, attracted by the remains, began to stalk us. Day eight: Cedric mauled. The rest of the camp sat appalled, gna

We wake up and make sushi. A dream, to find a boy who knows how to roll the finest Californias, to cone the sweetest temakis, and here he is, slicing carrots and cucumbers into little sticks. I think, my time has come, my ship has arrived, my boy wit

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen . . . I know of no other place where Princes assemble to pay their respect to molecules . . . Because of you, our wives hesitate for just an instant before summoning us to do the dishes.Jo

We met when we were young enough to knoweach street, and side street, of our town by name. That beauty changes us and why and how. . .

After the hurricane passes, Boogie Augustine puts beer in the truck and starts driving.

How Do I Know I’m Canadian?

How to Prononce GEIST. The greatest mystery since the death of Tom Thompson.

In Geist 9 we announced the Honorary Canadian Awards so that readers could speak their minds, statistically, about Canadians and non-Canadians who have distinguished themselves in one way or the other. We invited readers to vote by mail, phone, fax

As readers of Hegel doubtless know, it is difficult to translate the German word Geist. Its range of meaning includes “spirit,” “mind,” “intel­lect,” “wit”—not unlike the English word “spirit,” even “ghost.” In fact, Geist and “ghost”—as well as “agh

A new book from Greystone comes to life through the illustrations of Michael Yahgulanaas, whose Haida Manga artistry tells the story of a hummingbird who struggles to save her burning forest home.

His hair is red and shaggy and longish, and he’s pale and slim and six feet tall. Music is everything to him, which makes sense because he’s fifteen. I was twenty-two when he was born. I’d never had brothers or any other close male relatives and I’d

An informal survey of Canadian pedestrians yields surprising results.

From The Hunt, a collection of stories written on the backs of postcards, published by Bookthug in 2006.

Moose Muffle (moose nose) makes a delicious broth and can be used for soup stock or eaten on the spot. Cut the nose from the moose you have just shot and rub it carefully in snow if there is no water available to clean it before eating. You will find

. . . Luc and Jacques were sailing far away from the bedroom where they were both prisoners, thought Luc, surrounded by the heavenly music they could hear, one of them asleep, the other awake, his spirits brightened by alcohol . . .

From "6 Inventions to Facilitate the Reading of a Book in Hell," included in Hell Passport, Vol. 5, published by Perro Verlag Books by Artists in 2007.

She led me past the house and across the lawn to a red two-seater platform swing. We climbed into it and sat facing each other. I was too intimidated to say a word.