Ruth Derksen Siemens on letters from the Gulag; David Collier gets Lost in New York; Shani Mootoo on the Fisherman's Wife; George Webber on Leaving the Eddy; the Geist Map of Places That Sound Impolite.
Also included in Geist 56:
Winners of the Tail-Wagging-the-Dog Contest
Adam Lewis Schroeder warns you to Beware the Cockeyed Millionaire
Edith Iglauer adopts a kitten with a possessive mother
Stephen Osborne visits Calgary and Winnipeg
Daniel Francis on redress to the Japanese-Canadian community
Alberto Manguel on the art of writing
PLUS dozens of reviews, letters, findings from around the world.
(and lots more!)