Alistair MacLeod’s “Island” (1988)

2022-08-11T09:47:05-04:00

If a title story could talk, I’m sure it would ask for understanding; it must feel the pressure of both encapsulating the spirit and intent of the entire collection, as though any single story could have also borne that title, and simultaneously revealing some profound concept that is not

Alistair MacLeod’s “Island” (1988)2022-08-11T09:47:05-04:00

Alistair MacLeod’s “The Lost Salt Gift of Blood” (1973)

2021-07-29T14:21:53-04:00

Those of you who are reading here now, but not reading Alistair MacLeod’s short stories, will probably only be interested in the first couple of paragraphs after this introduction. Feel free to skip past the section that I've titled The Underneath, written with those who know the story-or other

Alistair MacLeod’s “The Lost Salt Gift of Blood” (1973)2021-07-29T14:21:53-04:00

Alistair MacLeod’s “In the Fall” (1973)

2021-07-15T16:15:59-04:00

Usually, this is where I say that those of you who are reading here now, but not reading Alistair MacLeod’s short stories, will probably only be interested in the first couple of paragraphs after this introduction. Saying, skip The Underneath. But not this time. What remains the same, however,

Alistair MacLeod’s “In the Fall” (1973)2021-07-15T16:15:59-04:00

Alistair MacLeod’s “The Return” (1971)

2021-06-20T13:20:44-04:00

Those of you who are reading here now, but not reading Alistair MacLeod’s short stories, will probably only be interested in the first couple of paragraphs after this introduction. Feel free to skip past the section that I've titled The Underneath, written with those who know the story-or other

Alistair MacLeod’s “The Return” (1971)2021-06-20T13:20:44-04:00
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