Quarterly Stories, Belated: Winter 2023

2024-01-15T19:51:00-05:00

Atwood, Chiew, Clair, Herrera, Omar and Reva Short Stories in October, November and December 2023 Whether recommended by a prizelist or a friend or an author, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to two favourite writers and also explored four

Quarterly Stories, Belated: Winter 20232024-01-15T19:51:00-05:00

Novellas in November: Since Last Year #NovNov

2023-11-08T12:07:29-05:00

Hosted by Cathy and Rebecca with weekly themes and a link collector, the first week of this event invites participants to “tell us about any novellas you have read since last NovNov” (it’s okay not to follow the five week’s themes exactly and, instead, allow them to mesh with

Novellas in November: Since Last Year #NovNov2023-11-08T12:07:29-05:00

Alistair MacLeod’s “Winter Dog” (1981)

2022-03-15T10:57:59-04:00

Naomi warned me this weekend: I knew immediately which one it was, the one with the dog’s body, broken and dragging itself home after it’s been shot. Since then, I’ve been thinking about how to write about this story without reading it again. And, so, I have started with

Alistair MacLeod’s “Winter Dog” (1981)2022-03-15T10:57:59-04:00

Writers in Novels: Eleanor Dark’s The Little Company (1945) #AWW

2021-01-19T17:26:44-05:00

It’s a time of “political and intellectual crisis” in The Little Company. Sound familiar? Drusilla Modjeska’s introduction situates readers in Dark’s depiction of ordinary life in Sydney and Katoomba, in this time of “recession, nuclear threat and more failed expectations” in Australia. The Little Company is Dark’s seventh novel,

Writers in Novels: Eleanor Dark’s The Little Company (1945) #AWW2021-01-19T17:26:44-05:00
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