Stephen Henighan examines the decline of left nationalism in Canada; Duncan Cairns-Brenner captures intimate moments in the bedrooms of strangers; Miriam Libicki recalls accusations that she was an unfit parent after letting her children play outside; Hàn Fúsēn wanders around town with a writer of magic realism.
Also in Geist 113:
Shyla Seller meets a mummy named Jutmosa
Patrick Lane remembers poet Al Purdy
Chernobyl aftermath unveils the resilience of nature
Kris Rothstein reviews Fleishman Is in Trouble
Michał Kozłowski shares San Francisco with his Polish cousin
The Fever: Canadian history in the form of tarot cards
Alberto Manguel compares Marilla of Green Gables to the Wife of Bath
Embark on an expedition into the mind of a dog with Geoff Inverarity
Are monsters like Godzilla the heroes our planet deserves?
Kristen Den Hartog investigates her ancestors, unlocking old mysteries
The National Map of Canadian Booze
The WINNERS of the 15th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest
…and the world’s most difficult crossword puzzle!
IN CAMERA
David McMillan, “Growth and Decay”
FEATURES
Miriam Libicki, “Who Gets Called an Unfit Mother?”
Duncan Cairns-Brenner, “Casual Encounters”
Winners of the 15th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest
NOTES & DISPATCHES
Shyla Seller, “Mummified”
Hàn Fúsēn, “Biking Around with Ondjaki”
Kristen Den Hartog, “The Two Lots”
Scott Andrew Christensen, “’n yer comin’ with me”
Geoff Inverarity, “The Woman Who Talks to Her Dog at the Beach”
Michał Kozłowski, “Road Trip Supreme”
FINDINGS
“Found Slides” by Anna Kasko
Michael Crummey sets the record straight
“Overtime: Portraits of a Vanishing Canada” by Karl Kessler and Sunshine Chen
Wendy McGrath on the scent of Pine-Sol
Cary Fagan and Pat Boone’s “Love Letters in the Sand”
The ScanOps employees of Google
Susie Taylor on Swatch and Cabbage Patch
“The Fever” by Rhonda Pelley
Cecil Paul, as told to Briony Penn, “Return of the G’psgolox Pole”
Shimmery Sighting
Patrick Lane on Al Purdy
COLUMNS
Joseph Weiss, “King of the Post-Anthropocene”
Stephen Henighan, “Left Nationalists”
Alberto Manguel, “Marilla”
ENDNOTES: Featuring reviews of
No One by George Bowering, reviewed by Michael Hayward
After the Peace by Fay Weldon, reviewed by Mary Schendlinger
Normal People by Sally Rooney, reviewed by Jocelyn Kuang
When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll, reviewed by Kelsea O'Connor
Vancouver Noir edited by Sam Wiebe, reviewed by Michael Hayward
Bina: A Novel in Warnings by Anakana Schofield, reviewed by Kris Rothstein
Beverly Glenn-Copeland at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, reviewed by Michał Kozłowski
Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear by Heidi L.M. Jacobs, reviewed by Kris Rothstein
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, reviewed by Anson Ching
Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, reviewed by Kris Rothstein
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery, reviewed by Kelsea O'Connor
Moccasin Square Gardens by Richard Van Camp, reviewed by Anson Ching
THE WALL
And the GEIST CRYPTIC CROSSWORD!