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Look at all this cool stuff we posted on the Rumpus this weekend! Just look at it!
“Near the end of my time at my job, my manager would say: The work you do, when you do it, is excellent.” “What Counts,” an essay by Ryan Pittington.
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Grand dame of literature and author of more than 50 books, Margaret Atwood talks to The Rumpus about gender, privacy, the law of improved weaponry, and the brave new world of online publishing.
...moreMargaret Atwood, author of The Handmaiden’s Tale, the last book Jenna Le loved, tells us about writing with the internet as part of PEN’s Dialogue Series.
“For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.… I think it’s very much like dreaming or like surfing.
...more“On Twitter, playland of masqueraders, we are what we choose to divulge. Or to conceal. It’s nice to have some choice left, about something.”
Margaret Atwood writes about her adventures in the “Twungle,” the “Enchanted E-Forest,” the “Twitterwoods.”
(Via The Millions)
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My boyfriend sometimes says things like, “Back in high school, I was a theater geek.” What he means is that he attended acting camps during all his summer vacations, and he played juicy supporting roles like Horatio and Don Pedro in his high school’s Shakespeare productions.
...moreI’m With the Bears, a collection of short stories on climate change, is due for publication this October. Published by Verso—who describes it as “an aim to bring our probable future within the grasp of our comprehension”—the project’s proceeds will go to the international grassroots organization 350.org.
...moreHere’s something I missed from earlier this month: Margaret Atwood took her recent dystopian novel, The Year Of The Flood on the road with thespians, activists and a documentary film team!
Personally, I think book tours should integrate as many non-book-related elements as possible.
...moreLast year at about this time, the Israeli paper Haaretz let a bunch of literary writers report the news to celebrate Israel’s book week. Well, they’re doing it again, but this time, there’s a flotilla involved.
Authors include Margaret Atwood, Jamaica Kincaid, and David Grossman.
...more“When is it okay to write about heartbreak?” (via)
“Edward Gorey” covers the classics. (via)
At Jacket Copy, all things publishing-oriented at SXSW.
The British love words so much they had a festival!
Margaret Atwood is going to sing in a musical about hockey!
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