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Working Life for a Girl in the 1960s
Low wages and Cuba Libres. Gender inequality and Rock 'n' Roll. Gale Smallwood-Jones found her own way to be happy in a difficult time.

By Gale Smallwood-Jones

Secret of Happiness
Stan Persky tries to find a satisfying answer when a student asks "How come you're always so happy?"

By Stan Persky


Geist 108 Has Arrived!

What's inside?

Connie Kuhns looks at fifty years of reviews and interviews about Joni Mitchell.

Lisa Bird-Wilson on claiming Indigenous identities and the Indian Act.

The winners of the Erasure Poetry Contest.

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Where is East?
Alana Mairs conducted a highly unscientific survey to define the phrase "Back East."

By Alana Mairs

TMI
More Information than You Require reveals little known, mostly made up facts about the world. Read up on Ontario here.

By John Hodgman



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