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Beginning with a playful, “Here’s my story, and I’m sticking to it,” Atwood shared amusing anecdotes and serious analysis of her development as a writer...
...introduction of Atwood, Radcliffe Dean Drew Gilpin Faust described the author as “a powerful, evolving yet continuous voice that has for me and many other women of our generation defined our adult lives” and praised her portrayal of the “power of the misbehaving woman” in her work...
...Atwood described growing up during the post-war era where “women had been herded back into the home and the baby boom had begun...
...Atwood said that deciding to be a writer was an obvious choice for her, despite her parents’ objections...
...student at the University of Toronto, Atwood continued to write, first for campus literary magazines and then for Canadian literary journals. But still, she said, writing professionally remained a struggle...