Alistair MacLeod’s Clearances (1999)

2022-08-24T11:49:42-04:00

This is the final story in the single volume of Alistair MacLeod's collected stories, Island (if you're discovering this project after it's complete, you will be able to find the schedule for this reading project here). After spending a little more than a year with Alistair MacLeod’s short stories,

Alistair MacLeod’s Clearances (1999)2022-08-24T11:49:42-04:00

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 Vision (1986)

2022-07-06T15:33:41-04:00

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 Vision (1986)2022-07-06T15:33:41-04:00

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

Alistair MacLeod’s Second Spring (1980)

2022-02-17T15:54:45-05:00

Stories like Alistair MacLeod’s are often described as timeless, but many of them, like “Second Spring”, feel time-full. Immediately, MacLeod situates readers in time: “It was the summer after the seventh grade that saw me truly smitten with the calf club wish.” Then, he invites readers to fall into

Alistair MacLeod’s Second Spring (1980)2022-02-17T15:54:45-05:00
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