Congratulations, Alexander MacLeod

CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dartmouth South's Alexander MacLeod, who is launching his brand-new collection of eight short stories tonight. Animal Person follows his critically acclaimed 2011 collection Light Lifting, for which he was a Scotiabank Giller Prize and Commonwealth Book Prize finalist.

Alexander's new collection includes the award-winning "Lagomorph," which won the prestigious O. Henry Prize in 2019. Already this collection has been said to beat with raw emotion and shimmer with the complexity of our shared human experience, something that is perhaps a timely tool of reflection for us at this moment.

Please join me in congratulating Alexander MacLeod on his latest literary achievement. I hope everyone in this Chamber will have the chance to take in his powerful writing. (Applause)

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