Margaret Atwood on Margaret Atwood. "This is a very long book that is very ample on seemingly insignificant matters and oddly reticent on a few big ones"
Arts & Letters Daily • 1/26/2026
Summary
Margaret Atwood commented on her own work, describing it as "a very long book that is very ample on seemingly insignificant matters and oddly reticent on a few big ones."
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