Margaret Atwood

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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A week ago, Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) turned 80. A month ago, she was awarded the Booker Prize for her eighteenth novel, The Testaments. But how did the little girl who grew up in the forests of Canada turn into one of the most successful and celebrated authors of her day? And what do we make of someone whose fierce independence is matched only by her commitment to defying all stereotypes and categorizations? In this episode, Jacke takes a look at the life and career of the incredible Margaret Atwood. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. Music Credits: “Fuzzball Parade," "Glitter Blast," "Magistar," and "Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello. A week ago, the author Margaret Atwood turned 80 years old. A month ago she was awarded
0:17.1	the Booker Prize for her novel The Testaments. 64 years ago she decided that she was a writer, not that she wanted to become one, but that she was one.
0:28.0	She was right.
0:30.0	And she's been proving it for more than six decades with her poetry, her novels, short stories,
0:36.1	her essays and introductions, her non-fiction works, her television scripts, her libretti, her graphic novels, her children's books, her tweets.
0:46.4	We've probably missed a few categories.
0:49.0	How do we get our minds around Margaret Atwood in a single episode.
0:53.0	Here's what we're going to do.
0:55.0	I'm going to give you one sentence,
0:57.0	and we will spend the episode exploring it.
1:00.0	And because it's Thanksgiving week here in the States and because this is the time of year when I get all sappy and think about how
1:08.0	thankful I am for my listeners.
1:10.0	I'm going to interspersed some emails from all of you into the show today.
1:15.0	Are you ready? Here's the sentence.
1:18.0	Margaret Atwood is a Canadian woman, an incredible writer who has lived an incredible life.
1:27.0	That's it. That's all we have. What can we make of those simple little words? We'll find out today on the history of literature. Okay, here we go everyone. Welcome to the podcast. I'm Jack Wilson.
1:57.6	Margaret Atwood is a Canadian woman, an incredible writer who has lived an incredible life. Let's see what we can do with that
2:06.8	little sentence. But first let's get rolling with one of our emails. This one
2:11.4	comes from Bob subject. Well that was exciting. Once again I'm a little
2:19.4	anxious opening up this email. Why am I such a glass-heft empty kind of person?
2:25.0	I'm filled with dread seeing the subject line.
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