You've written a work for the future lib ary called scribbler moon, and it won't be read by any one else until 21 14. How did you write differently for the far off future? I'm not allowed to tell you what i wrote, not you don't mean to tell us what. But how did you mentally approach the problem differently? I idnt always write what you would write for an audience to day. No pressure on me. I'm not going to be there unless something very strange happens.
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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