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The Coincidence Problem : Selected Dispatches 1999-2022 - Stephen Osborne

The Coincidence Problem

Selected Dispatches 1999-2022

By: Stephen Osborne

Paperback | 26 December 2024

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From the heart of the city to the edges of the Arctic: a brilliant and observant essay collection by a modern fl neur


In 1990 writer Stephen Osborne and his partner, Mary Schendlinger, began publishing Geist, a literary quarterly based in Vancouver, Canada. From the beginning, the magazine established a reputation for observant photography, thoughtful essays, and off-the-wall humor, not least because of Osborne's regular contributions. The Coincidence Problem brings together Osborne's dispatches covering a wide range of subjects, from civic monuments to family history to global terrorism, end times in the Arctic, the lynching of Indigenous youth Louie Sam, and, yes, even cats. A modern fl neur, he investigates the city, translates the ordinary, and deflates the pretentious. The Coincidence Problem confirms Osborne's reputation as an incisive writer of narrative non-fiction that is at once personal and expansive.

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