Also in GEIST 131

“An Affinity for Rhinestones” by JASMINE RUFF

“What Is a Zine?” by ANDY BROWN

“Pop-Punk Bops” by MATT BOBKIN and ADAM FEIBEL

Birding with LOGHAN PAYLOR

Cover art by ALENA WEBBER

More artists in this issue: NORA KELLY, ALLAN BEALY, EVA DOMINELLI, SURYA GOVENDER, RAWAN HASSAN, and JIA 何家嘉

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…and the world’s most difficult crossword puzzle!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURES

Winners of the 20^th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

A Girl Needs a Mech Suit by Erika Thorkelson

The Impersonators by Sheri Doyle

The Uncreative Life by Kasia Van Schaik

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NOTES & DISPATCHES

A Prophet in Her Hometown by Andrew Unger

Dark Is Like a Movie by Owen Torrey

Curriculum Vitae by Adèle Barclay

I Want to Believe by Morgan Leathem Ventura

Small Potatoes by Katherine J Barrett

Lizard Party by William Bessai-Saul

FINDINGS

“Pop-Punk Bops” by Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel

“Shipping Fictional Characters”compiled by Kelsea O’Connor

“What Is a Zine?” by Andy Brown

“An Affinity for Rhinestones” by Jasmine Ruff

PROFILE

“Listening with Loghan” by Dayna Mahannah

ENDNOTES

Constellation of Genius: 1922, Modernism Year One by Kevin Jackson, reviewed by Daniel Francis

Blockade by Christine Lowther, reviewed by Michal Hayward

RIP Scoot by Sara Flemington, reviewed by Thalia Stopa

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment for Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent, reviewed by Peggy Thompson

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan, reviewed by Angela Runnals

Sometimes, Always, Never directed by Carl Hunter, reviewed by Meandricus

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, reviewed by Anson Ching

Shenzen, A Travelogue from China and Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle, reviewed by Cornelia Mars

How to Sew Clothes by Amelia Greenhall and Amy Bornman, reviewed by Kelsea O’Connor

Staircases Leading to Nowhere curated by Charo Neville, reviewed by Shyla Seller

The Golden Daughter by Halina St James, reviewed by Kristina Rothstein

Dust Bunny directed by Bryan Fuller, reviewed by Helen Godolphin

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AND THE GEIST CRYPTIC CROSSWORD!

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