Margaret atwood: I think it's an ideological thing thatit. It's a piece of ideology that says, this shouldn't happen,. and therefore we're not allowed to aythat it does happen. Women don't have to be perfect in order to have rights. If men had to beperfect inorder to have rights, they wouldn't have any rights. We have two mikes for questions. You may line up at the mike. So why did you put edgar allan poe up here? Well, he is, yes, absolutely a strong influence. Well, he was when i was 15. Probably alice, maybe. But we were contemporaries. Alice
Margaret Atwood defines the Canadian sense of humor as “a bit Scottish,” and in this live conversation with Tyler, she loves to let her own comedic sensibilities shine. In addition to many other thoughts about Canada — it’s big after all — she and Tyler discuss Twitter, biotechnology, Biblical history, her families of patents, poetry, literature, movies, and feminism.
Is it coincidence that Atwood started The Handmaid’s Tale in West Berlin during 1984? Does she believe in ghosts? Is the Western commitment to free speech waning? How does she stay so productive? Why is she against picking favorites? Atwood provides insight to these questions and much more.
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