Dispatch
Waiting for Michael (Jackson)
Mary Vallis
Reporting on the Michael Jackson trial from a Best Value Inn in Santa Maria, California, where the rooms are filled with the smell of stale smoke and a magician’s cologne.
Blog entry
Teen Angst Poetry Night!
Todd Coyne
On the second Tuesday of each month, readers line up with tattered journals and unlocked diaries in hand.
News
5th Annual Postcard Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 5th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Contest. Read the winning stories, and send in your entry for the 6th annual contest.
Opinion
The Secret Market
Hal Niedzviecki
When Maryland artist Frank Warren began collecting the secret thoughts of strangers at PostSecret.com, he inadvertently created a new genre.
Dispatch
Paid Relationship
Gina Partridge and Shelley Kozlowski
A eulogy delivered by email, from a woman living in Berlin to her lifelong friend in Vancouver.
Blog entry
Golden Voice II: Call and Response
Norbert Ruebsaat
The Poetry and Truth blogger takes up the question of “pop” vs. “poetry.” Join the discussion in the comments section.
Dispatch
My Father’s Hands
David Albahari
Walking along the streets of Paris, watching thousands of tourists using their digital cameras, I remember the way my father held his old Kodak when he took photographs.
Review
From A to X
Michael Hayward
John Berger’s new novel is a tale of anger, displacement and resistance.
Review
Anna’s Shadow
Kris Rothstein
Soviets, scientists and CSIS all conspire to make this novel much more than just another post-Cold War thriller.
Geist Goes Beta
Geist.com is under revision. Please bear with us as we iron out a few remaining bugs and glitches.
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