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Beyond ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Margaret Atwood on Memoir, Grudges, & Getting Older

Beyond ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Margaret Atwood on Memoir, Grudges, & Getting Older

On with Kara Swisher vor 10 Monaten

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Margaret Atwood is one of the most famous and prolific authors of
the modern era. Though best known for her 1985 hit “The Handmaid’s
Tale,” her dozens of works span literary genres — poetry, novels,
children's books, essays, short stories — and often defy neat
categorization. Now, at 86, Atwood has written her first memoir. At
roughly 600 pages, it’s an intimate look at the ways her personal
life inspired and shaped her writing. Kara and Atwood talk
about her lifelong passion for the outdoors, how she decided to
become a poet when she was just a teenager, and her reputation for
having an eerie prescience about major world events. They also talk
about Atwood’s fears about the Trump administration’s use of power,
and why she still considers herself to be a hopeful person despite
her predilection for dark stories. Questions? Comments? Email
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