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It was the ring of counterfeit Elvis robots that did it for me, honestly.

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

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“He can’t shake the feeling that this place is some sort of pyramid scheme, and that those who fail to understand that will be left empty-handed. But there’s no obvious reason for this feeling of his. Maybe he’s ungrateful by nature.” The nation is in economic ruin. Everyone is fighting for whatever scraps are left. Which is why Charmaine is grateful to have a job as a bartender, even if she and her husband Stan are living in their car and moving every few hours […]

The ones without names

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

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When I was a kid, I was deep into Greek and Roman mythology. That interest stayed with me during Greek and Latin classes in high school, but once I was lured into the traps of modern literary fiction, I never really looked back. Recently, a slew of retellings of famous mythological stories started coming out, including some that tell these stories from new points of view. (I will read you eventually, Circe.) I’m not sure why I decided to pick up The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, […]

On Writers and Writing – Margaret Atwood (2002)

On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood

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This book began, we’re explained, as a series of lectures in England about the nature of writing. Atwood approaches this subject with some playfulness and hesitancy, but ultimately divides her talks into some distinct categories and topics: “Orientation: Who Do you think you are?”; “Duplicity: The jekyll hand, the hyde hand, and the slippery double”; “Dedication: The Great God Pen”; “Temptation: Prospero, the Wizard of Oz, Mephisto &co”; “Communion: Nobody to Nobody”; and “Descent: Negotiating with the Dead”. From these topics she is able to […]

A Sad Reminder That We Are STILL Debating These Issues

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood My rating: 4 of 5 stars My first encounter with “The Handmaid’s Tale” was through the television show. I only watched three episodes, but it scared me. I’m not one to watch shows or films where people suffer and/or experience trauma. I’m too empathetic. So needless to say, when my wife suggested that we read the book and discuss it, I was wary. At least with viewing something you can look away; not so with reading. Thankfully, the book’s […]

Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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Goodreads tells me I’ve read this three times, although it feels like more, since I’ve also taught it twice. It’s a terrifying book in the sense that it COULD happen very easily, and even more terrifying when you realize that what white women are being put through in the novel is something that ALREADY happened around the world to other women, in some form or another. I won’t bother to recap the story, because it’s been read and re-read before, plus the Hulu series illuminates […]



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