Harolding in Beverly

And leaves underfeet

Few essays live as rent-free in my mind as “Harolding in Vancouver,” by Douglas Coupland. Coupland is a writer and artist who is best known for Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which came out in 1991, and which gave my birth cohort its name. It seems that Douglas Coupland doesn’t especially like being the voice of a generation, reportedly…