Arts May 24 Margaret Atwood puts one-off, burn-proof edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ up for auction By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Arts Mar 19 Margaret Atwood, Celeste Ng among contributors to pandemic novel Novelist and Authors Guild President Douglas Preston came up with the idea as a way to raise money for the Authors Guild Foundation. By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Arts Oct 14 Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo share Booker Prize The judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused to name one winner for the prestigious fiction trophy. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Arts Sep 09 Watch 7:45 Why Margaret Atwood saw this as the moment for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ sequel “The Testaments" is the greatly anticipated sequel to Margaret Atwood’s hit dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Though it’s fiction, Atwood says she doesn't "put anything in that doesn’t have a precedent in human history.” Jeffrey Brown spoke with Atwood recently… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Sep 09 Margaret Atwood on the dystopian novels that inspired her to write ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Margaret Atwood shared some of the other influential dystopian fiction that helped lay the groundwork for “The Handmaid’s Tale," with the author nodding to the work of George Orwell, H.G. Wells, Ursula K. Le Guin, among others. By Joshua Barajas
Mar 30 The books you never read in high school, but should now By Joshua Barajas Here are 10 suggestions for those looking for never-too-late reads. Maybe you’ll be convinced to finally read “Moby-Dick,” all 200,000 words of it. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 7:10 In dystopian ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ a warning for a new generation not to take rights for granted By PBS NewsHour America's democracy and Constitution have been replaced by a theocratic autocracy where women have lost their rights and many of them have become property, valued and controlled for the ability to bear children for wealthy families. That’s the story of… Continue watching
Apr 25 How Margaret Atwood dreamed up the costumes in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ By Elizabeth Flock Atwood's particular shade of blood red is being brought to life through a TV adaptation of the fiction novel premiering this week on Hulu. Continue reading
Feb 06 8 books on politics to read right now, from indie bookstore Politics & Prose By Elizabeth Flock This week, we went to our local independent bookseller, Politics and Prose, for their thoughts on what to read right now. Here are eight books -- both old and new -- recommended by the P&P staff, who chose to focus… Continue reading
Sep 21 Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson By Arts Desk Extended interviews and readings with Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson. Continue reading