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"The Handmaid's Tale" author Margaret Atwood told CBS' "60 Minutes" that she receives more backlash from critics on the left than from the right for not pushing politics the correct way. While ...

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You're an 85-year-old titan of literature, have been for a half-century now. You're Canada's best known author, 64 books and counting. And increasingly you find your work on lists of banned books, ...

From novels to poetry to essays to graphic novels, Margaret Atwood has dabbled in nearly every written medium there is, except for memoir. That changes now. “Book of Lives” (out now from Doubleday) ...

Margaret Atwood is best known for her dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” published in 1985 and adapted into an award-winning television series in 2017. Yet “The Handmaid’s Tale” is only her sixth ...

For years, Margaret Atwood had “no interest” in writing a memoir, said Alexandra Alter in The New York Times. She was worried it would be boring. But the celebrated Canadian author eventually caved, ...

“Book of Lives” offers two distinct versions of the esteemed novelist: “Peggy Nature” and “the brooder.” By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...

Margaret Atwood is an indefatigable time traveler. The prolific Canadian author, perhaps best known for “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its phenomenally successful Hulu series adaptation, has written 17 ...

ANYONE WHO thinks that females are perfect, that girls are nicer, that every sadistic thing girls and women do is the fault of “the patriarchy,” has either forgotten a lot or never been a 9-year-old ...

She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, “Book of Lives.” The result reveals the experiences (and a few slights) that have shaped her work. She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, “Book of ...

Margaret Atwood’s new “Book of Lives” is subtitled “a memoir of sorts” — and in fact, it’s a venerable sort, a cradle-to-rocking-chair telling of a celebrated life. Today, most books of this type are ...