Atwood, Margaret

Margaret Atwood | AUDIO,  Jul 01, 2023

Margaret Atwood | LITERATURE,  Jun 10, 2022

This book will start conversations. Highly recommended for Atwood followers and writing students; it’s a gift of good works.

Margaret Atwood | AUDIO,  Jun 01, 2022

Margaret Atwood | POETRY,  Nov 01, 2020

Atwood’s flare for precise metaphor in no way softens her delivery, as when she observes “We are a dying symphony.” Combining the wit of Dorothy Parker with the wisdom of Emily Dickinson, Atwood adds a steely grace and richness all her own. If there is beauty in despair, one may find it here.

Margaret Atwood | FICTION,  Sep 09, 2019

 If The Handmaid’s Tale chills to the marrow, its sequel surges along with a sort of dark ebullience, absorbing as a thriller and ultimately hopeful even as it highlights the dangers that always lie in wait. [See Prepub Alert, 3/4/19.]

Margaret Atwood | GRAPHIC NOVELS,  Feb 01, 2017

This rollicking satire contains messages about finding your own tribe, and will appeal to teens and adults of many social stripes. Note droll byplay about multispecies libidos. The concluding volume is due out in July.

Margaret Atwood | AUDIO,  Jan 01, 2017

For the inventive cursing alone (17th-century vintage only), this Tempest should find favor with most literary audiences, including YA readers; AP English students might be especially grateful. ("The play's final rendering might be a bit over the top, but the narrative as a whole is so inventive, heartfelt, and swiftly rendered as to expunge any doubts. Highly recommended": LJ 9/1/16 starred review of the Hogarth hc.]

Margaret Atwood | FICTION,  Sep 01, 2016

The play's final rendering might be a bit over the top, but the narrative as a whole is so inventive, heartfelt, and swiftly rendered as to expunge any doubts. Highly recommended.

Margaret Atwood | AUDIO,  Mar 01, 2016