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FROM THE ISSUE

Jackpine Sonnets
“Shall I compare you to a u.f.o? / You’re just as Mysterious.”

By Milton Acorn


FROM THE ARCHIVES

Free Parking, Alberta
The UFO Landing Pad attraction in St. Paul, AB accommodates a UFO about the size of a Winnebago.

DOXA 2021

Family in Focus: Shorts Program

May 6-16, 2021

Geist is proud to partner with DOXA to present a series of short films on family and legacy, including reflections by Bill Reid’s granddaughter, the closing of a family restaurant in Campbell River, and issues of gender identity, caregiving and immigration in the time of COVID-19.

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Please Send Help
A giant baseball from outer space strikes the CBC Headquarters in downtown Toronto and no one cares.

By Richard Long

Corpse Reviver
Michal Kozlowski consults the “Declaration of Principles Concerning Sending Communications with Extraterrestrial Intelligence” on what to do when aliens land.

By Michal Kozlowski


IN REVIEW


UFO-Believer Protocol
Jill Mandrake on Alien Abduction by Joe Ollmann.
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Deviant Daughter
Patty Osborne on Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson.
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Email Ecstasy
Roni Simunovic on Sex for Dummies by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer.
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WRITING QUESTIONS, QUANDRIES & PICKLES

Advice for the Lit-Lorn
Write What?

Dear Geist,

Which of the following sincere but conflicting advice for non-fiction writers do you agree with? Write what you know. Write what you don't know. Write to find things out. Know what you write. And any others you want to add!

Bren-Lee Coost, Cyberspace



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