Adam Gopnik deconstructs the submerged iceberg and unique snowflake metaphors.
CLAUDIA CORNWALL
That Beautifully Unworldly, Reasonless Rampaging of My Old Self
This excerpt from Claudia Cornwall's At World's Edge, Curt Lang's Vancouver 1937-1998 details Lang's time in Europe and his refascination with Canada.
M.A.C. Farrant
Why Not
In this excerpt from M.A.C. Farrant's The Strange Truth About Us, one man partakes in ritual rock stacking, another uses the time spent waiting to scrutize the world, and a woman with a star named after her is cremated in a full-length mink coat.
Randy Fred
Round Trip
An email message to Geist from Randy Fred, describing his journey from his home on Vancouver Island to Penticton, in the interior of BC.
JEAN-CLAUDE GERMAIN
The Night of the R-100
Jean-Claude Germain tells the story of how his aunt once found herself abandoned in a Montreal cow pasture one night in 1930.
DON AUSTIN
The Great Man
There was a gap in History where there should have been a great man. The important events had moved into place, their gears locked, everything was ready but he didn’t show up.
Chris Cannon
Timeline
"1861–65: American Civil War. Canada invents popcorn and takes to the sidelines." The history of Canadian-American relations, an excerpt from "America, But Better."
Geist one-minute movie No. 1: Gagetown
Geist one-minute movie No. 2: Evandale ferry
Geist one-minute movie No. 10: Granville Island Market
Geist one-minute movie No. 8: Panorama Park
Geist one-minute movie No. 5: Moricetown
Geist one-minute movie No. 7: 18th & Commercial
Geist one-minute movie No. 6: Whistlers Mountain
Geist one-minute movie No. 4: Jericho Park
Geist one-minute movie No. 12: Chemainus
Geist one-minute movie No. 3: Reversing Falls
Geist one-minute movie No. 11: Thetis Island Marina
Geist one-minute movie No. 18: Tsawwassen ferry terminal
Geist one minute movie No. 17: Powell & Raymur
Geist one-minute movie No. 20: Peace Arch Park
Geist one-minute movie No. 19: Spirit of Vancouver Island
