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Flight Shame Without air travel, family networks might have dissolved long ago. By Stephen Henighan |
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Greyhound The driver said, "Are you fit to travel, sir?" and the crack smoker said, "Are any of us fit to travel?" By Katie Addleman |
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Curb(side Delivery for) Your Literary Cravings:Holed up inside and hungry for more reading material? We're keeping a running list of independent Canadian bookstores delivering straight to your door. Here are this week's highlights: Shelf Life Books (Calgary, AB) Volume One Bookstore (Duncan, BC) Whodunit Bookstore (Winnipeg, MB) Epic Books (Hamilton, ON) For more bookstores offering free or discounted delivery, visit our website. | ||
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Sleeping Class “You’re always going somewhere on a train,” said Dorika the musician.“And leaving something behind.” By David Look |
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Writing Life “He said the only car you could drive in those days no matter how drunk you were was a Volkswagen Beetle with a broken heater.” By Stephen Osborne |
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Light ListeningFor those cooped up and locked down, here's an upbeat and funny soundtack to the solitude. Click here for Solitude Isn't the Worst Company by Geist contributor Jill Mandrake and The Sister DJ's Radio Band. |
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THIS WEEK IN REVIEW |
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Dear Geist, Why does the word fuchsia have so many letters, when gazillions of other words are being pared down to include only letters that are pronounced in the spoken word? And to compound matters, fuchsia always needs to be looked up. Nothing about its spelling is instinctive for any English speaker or writer I have ever met. —Louise Rea, on the case in Toronto | |