Hockey players’ nicknames from The Canadian Hockey Atlas

Charles Prince of Wales; admiration for Diana; age difference and Diana; appearance; Arabian Gulf tour; assistant private secretaries; Australia-New Zealand tour; Australia tour; at Balmoral; Beaufort Hunt and; birth of Harry and; birth of William an

In the short film Night Work: A Sawchuk Poem (based on the book Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs), director Justin Simms explores the question: What kind of man puts himself in the path of a rubber missile travelli

Carl Bernstein. Reporter. Author. Political analyst.Jackson Browne. Singer. Songwriter. Eagles enabler.John Daly. Golfer.Daniel Day-Lewis. Actor. Academy Award winner. Crazy Irish guy.

Literary sounds from The Don Martin Dictionary.

louis riel liked back bacon & eggs easyover   nothing’s as easy as it seems tho   when the waitress cracked the eggs open louis came to his guns blazing   like dissolution like the fingers of his hand coming apart as he squeezed the trigger

When Al Purdy got up for his turn and peered down at us, the crown of his head almost grazed the bank of fluorescent tubes on the ceiling, or so it seemed to us—or seems to me now. In a big, barging voice he prefaced his reading by asking what we had

From Gone But Not Forgotten: Tales of the Disappearing Grain Elevators, a study of life in and around prairie grain elevators over the past century.

A glossary of acronyms and initialisms designed for the note-passing phases of high-school courtship, from 2gether 4ever: Notes of a Junior High School Heartthrob by Dene Larson, published in 2004 by Chronicle Books.

From "6 Lists Detailing Worst Case Scenarios," included in Hell Passport, Vol. 5, Published by Perro Verlag Books by Artists in 2007.

The Great Canadian Search for a New National Motto has come to a close. Many thanks to those of you who took up the challenge. From the hundreds of entries received in the Geist office and at Basic Black (Arthur Black’s Saturday morning show on CBC A

. . . Luc and Jacques were sailing far away from the bedroom where they were both prisoners, thought Luc, surrounded by the heavenly music they could hear, one of them asleep, the other awake, his spirits brightened by alcohol . . .

Moose Muffle (moose nose) makes a delicious broth and can be used for soup stock or eaten on the spot. Cut the nose from the moose you have just shot and rub it carefully in snow if there is no water available to clean it before eating. You will find

From The Hunt, a collection of stories written on the backs of postcards, published by Bookthug in 2006.

A new book from Greystone comes to life through the illustrations of Michael Yahgulanaas, whose Haida Manga artistry tells the story of a hummingbird who struggles to save her burning forest home.

As readers of Hegel doubtless know, it is difficult to translate the German word Geist. Its range of meaning includes “spirit,” “mind,” “intel­lect,” “wit”—not unlike the English word “spirit,” even “ghost.” In fact, Geist and “ghost”—as well as “agh

In Geist 9 we announced the Honorary Canadian Awards so that readers could speak their minds, statistically, about Canadians and non-Canadians who have distinguished themselves in one way or the other. We invited readers to vote by mail, phone, fax

How to Prononce GEIST. The greatest mystery since the death of Tom Thompson.

We met when we were young enough to knoweach street, and side street, of our town by name. That beauty changes us and why and how. . .

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen . . . I know of no other place where Princes assemble to pay their respect to molecules . . . Because of you, our wives hesitate for just an instant before summoning us to do the dishes.Jo

Day six the dogs died; Cedric “neglected” to put out feed for them. We ate the huskies, threw their bones aside. Day seven polar bears, attracted by the remains, began to stalk us. Day eight: Cedric mauled. The rest of the camp sat appalled, gna

Right back to the bright, clear days of New York in the fifties, backslapping double shots of Jack Daniels at the Cedar Tavern with Pollock and de Kooning and Kline and all the rest, Jack had always enjoyed the company of painters.

Marion at sixteen is in the chaplain’s office at St. Mary’s boarding school. She’s in trouble again. Ms. Burkins noticed the protruding tufts of unkempt hair under her arms. With every jumping jack, Burkins’s eyes were drawn to the unruly curls—betwe

Never use hair dryer while sleeping.Shin pads cannot protect any part of the body they do not cover.Do not close your eyes while driving.Sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.