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Margaret Atwood announces a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
On November 28, 2018, Margaret Atwood announced that there will be a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale published in September 2019. The book, titled The Testaments, takes place 15 years later and is narrated by three women.
Read the article from The New York Times here.
Margaret Atwood and Elisabeth Moss discuss the relevance of The Handmaid’s Tale
Atwood and Moss sat down together for Time Magazine to discuss why The Handmaid’s Tale is still relevant today and why its lessons are so urgent.
Read the article from Time magazine here.
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Margaret Atwood on What The Handmaid’s Tale Means in the Age of Trump
Atwood herself writes for the New York Times, discussing her process of writing The Handmaid’s Tale and connecting themes in her novel to certain trends in the present day.
Read the article from The New York Times here.
Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again
An interview between Margaret Atwood and Junot Diaz on her novels’ current relevancy, the true stories behind plot points in The Handmaid’s Tale, and the differences between the time the book was written and today.
Read the article from Boston Review here.
Margaret Atwood answers the question: Is 'The Handmaid's Tale' a feminist book?
An interview with Atwood about her possible clairvoyance, the power of technology and whether or not The Handmaid’s Tale is a feminist book.
Read the article from The Los Angeles Times here.
The Handmaid’s Tale costumes popular at protests
Women have been showing up at numerous protests, dressed in the red dress, cloak, and white bonnet of the handmaids.
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