Also in Geist 101:

Michał Kozłowski battles a rodent infestation with peanut butter traps

Getting Bombed in Vancouver by Art Nuko

Scenic views and drunk passengers on a cross-Canada train with David Look

Eve Corbel searches for the perfect man-purse

Billeh Nickerson's lobster revenge fantasies

Skateboarding Spider-man, a live mermaid performer and other Toronto oddities

Vodka, deceit and walrus death at the Moscow Zoo

A list of stuff to do when your hometown is burning by Juliane Okot Bitek

Daniel Francis dissects the myth of tall tales at Bloody Falls

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Table of Contents

FEATURES

Cary Fagan, "What I Learned in Florida"

Winners of the 12th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Rick Maddocks, "Earthquake Dream Diaries"

Jill Mandrake, "Smith Corona Street"

Curtis LeBlanc, "Family Reunion"

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NOTES & DISPATCHES

Michał Kozłowski, "Squirrelly"

David Look, "Sleeping Class"

Roni Simunovic, "Toronto Layover"

Sonja Boon, "Thirteen Litres"

Billeh Nickerson, "Airplane Lobster"

Eve Corbel, "Man-Purse"

Alex Khramov, "Walrus Keeper"

Alberto Manguel & the Students of Borges: Twelve Texts, "Poem in Thirteen Voices"

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FINDINGS

John Greer, "Throwing in the Towel"

David Balzer, "We All Know What Happened Next"

Jordan Abel, "Territory"

Cora Siré, "Aquarians"

Art Nuko, "Getting Bombed in Vancouver"

Souvankham Thammavongsa, "Perfect"

Alexandra Oliver, "Plans"

Howard Ackler, "Double Consciousness"

Juliane Okot Bitek, "Stuff to do When Your Hometown is Burning"

David Buchan, "Modern Fashions Suite: Men Like You Like Semantic T-Shirts

Gregory Scofield, "How to Reach Canada"

John Steffler, "The Grey Islands"

Michael Crummey, "The New Yorker"

Image from Carpet Sweeper Tales by Julie Doucet

Justin McGrail, "Publishing"

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COLUMNS

"The Question Does Not Come Before There Is a Quotation" by Rob Kovitz, FAQ

"Urban Villages" by Stephen Henighan, Afterlife of Culture

"Something Funny" by Alberto Manguel, City of Words

"Tall Tales at Bloody Falls" by Daniel Francis, National Dreams

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IN CAMERA

"Beatitude, Lettuce & Tomato," AnnMarie MacKinnon

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CAUGHT MAPPING

Cassia Streb, "Lonesome Country: The Honky-Tonk Map of Canada"

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ENDNOTES: Featuring reviews of

Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call by Arthur Manuel

Cyclogeography by John Day

Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne

Sleeping Giant, dir. by Andrew Cividino

Dead and Cold by Rob Kovitz

Craft Distilling: Making Liquor Legally at Home by Victoria Redhed Miller

The Canadian Craft Beer Cookbook by David Ort

A Field Guide to Canadian Cocktails by Victoria Walsh and Scott McCallum

The Babushkas of Chernobyl, dir. by Holly Horris and Anne Bogart

Inaate/se, dir. by Adam and Zack Khalil

A Good American, dir. by Friedrich Moser

Rogues, Rascals, and Scalawags Too by Jim Christy

"The Rock Clock" app by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Last Dance in Shediac by Anny Scoones

Cedar, Salmon and Weed by Louis Druehl

Winter Wren by Theresa Kishkan

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And the GEIST CRYPTIC CROSSWORD!

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