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| When Treatment Becomes Torture | ||
Daniel Francis chronicles the long assault on the minds and bodies of the mentally ill in Canada's failing mental health care system. |
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Elevator Will Not Fall
Ludwig Wittgenstein instructs you on how to comport yourself in a stuck elevator. |
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Join Geist on February 21 for a brand new writing workshop with Caroline Adderson, award-winning author and Geist contributor, as part of the ongoing Geist Writing Workshop Series.
In "Plotting Your Storyline," we will examine elements of fiction and see how they combine to create plot, and we will review different types of plots and diagnose common plotting problems.
Location: SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver (Room TBA) |
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FINDING |
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Obsession
"Asked to write a character sketch, I wrote three pages on Ann’s hands. The paper was returned with every line crossed out and a question mark at the end"—From Taking My Life by Jane Rule. |
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Still Stupefying
Jill Mandrake is blown away by South of Elfrida by Holley Rubinsky, a journey into "the land of guilt and sorrow." |
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NEW ISSUE |
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Geist 95 is Out Now!
Check out Geist 95, our loudest issue yet, featuring punk, politics and feminism, the smell of success, Arctic photography and more. Get it for only $6 here! |
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Harrowing
"This is not a documentary; it is, however, an overpowering aesthetic and emotional experience, a true happening"—Stephen Osborne reviews Susan Sontag's film Promised Lands. |
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The deadline for the Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest is fast approaching!
Submit your postcard-inspired micro-fiction by February 1, 2015 to win literal and literary fame and fotune.
Learn more about the contest and submit here.
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FROM THE WRITER'S TOOLBOX | |
| Warm-up exercise: Eyes shut | |
| “Close your eyes and freewrite one page.” | |
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Read more from "Warm-up exercise: Eyes shut" by Mary Schendlinger, | |