Geist 119
Notes & Dispatches by Sara Cassidy, Stephen Smith and others; New fiction by K’ari Fisher; Dr. Cheryl Thompson on dismantling the myth of the hero; Winners of the Occasional Geist Short Long-Distance Writing Contest
Also in Geist 119:
Kristen den Hartog on Canadian soldiers and the miracle invention of insulin
New poetry by James Pollock, Terence Byrnes and Henry Doyle
Robyn Ludwig on black velvet paintings
Christie de purée de crisse and other French-Canadian curses
“Ethical Remembering” by Lisa Bird-Wilson
Buttons from The ArQuives, the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archive in the world
Stephen Henighan on “Reheated Races” in Africa
New subject headings at the Vancouver Public Library: Sea bunny, rural gay men and more
…and the world’s most difficult crossword puzzle!