Spiritual Landscapes
An essay on the burden of postcards, lonely landscapes and "straight photography."

By Stephen Osborne

Here I Am
Connie Kuhns channels the self-focused approach of social media to a vintage medium: postcards.

By Connie Kuhns

Geist 110 Has Arrived!

What's inside?

Christopher Grabowski's photos of the Parade of Lost Souls.

Alberto Manguel on how airport security made him question his identity.

Reviews of Mythos, Our Animal Hearts, Toda y Explained and more.

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Hellidays
Inedible food, nosy neighbours, too much chokecherry wine... there's no place like home.

By Julia Vella

In Heaven
"Hey! The weather’s here, wish you were beautiful, ha ha ha. Don't worry... I'll find another shitty job when I get back."

By kerry rawlinson

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Wild Woman
Lily Gontard on Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. More »

Ignored or Unknown Worlds
Jill Mandrake on City Poems by Joe Fiorito.
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From the Heart of It All
Michal Kozlowski on Ten Years of Writing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside edited by Heidi Greco. More »

Oh, the irony

Dear Geist,

Have you got a simple definition of the word irony? It seems one cannot say the word without three people each offering their notion of the real true correct meaning of the word.

—Unironic, Cyberspace

Click here to read the answer.