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Rachel Giese

Rachel Giese is a deputy national editor at The Globe and Mail and the former director of editorial at Xtra. She lives in Toronto and is an English speaker.

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Rumpled private dick

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Towing talent
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Towing talent

The lonely romance of lighthouses

May 30, 2005
From the gut
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From the gut

Fiction, forgetting & fearlessness

March 30, 2005
Vixens, vampires & vegans
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Vixens, vampires & vegans

Springtime in Alberta chills me to the bone

November 3, 2004
In the beginning
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In the beginning

‘See life loop around’

October 13, 2004
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Entering the dragon’s lair
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Entering the dragon’s lair

Ann-Marie MacDonald picks apart the post-war dream

September 15, 2004
Pulpy, fleshy difference
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Pulpy, fleshy difference

A teenaged boy’s body in revolt

July 21, 2004
Spirited smuggling
Toronto

Spirited smuggling

Breaching borders around time, place & identity

March 17, 2004
Out of the Koran
Toronto

Out of the Koran

A conference for queer Muslims is a step toward liberation

June 11, 2003
Never too rich nor too young
Toronto

Never too rich nor too young

A very new generation will soon fall under Lynne Fernie’s spell

May 14, 2003
Pillaging gender
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Pillaging gender

Discover the buried treasure of imagination

May 14, 2003
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A class all their own
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A class all their own

Doc captures tears, triumphs of teens

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Haunting depression
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Haunting depression

But cheer up – The Hours is good

December 25, 2002
Baby blues
Toronto

Baby blues

Attitudes don’t match rules

November 13, 2002
Proving nothing
Toronto

Proving nothing

Feds should get out of marriage biz

October 16, 2002
Rhyming couple
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Rhyming couple

Woo the same lass

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Delicious
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Delicious

Food in desperate times

October 2, 2002
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