Lavi

Lavi asked Margaret Atwood:

I absolutely adore your work. It is inspiring, intellectual, profoundly disturbing in the best ways and your female characters are so real, so strong, so rare in literature today. Where do you find your muse? How do you balance such amazing, intricate stories?

Margaret Atwood Thank you. I'm not sure how to answer your question, but possibly the "Eternal Triangle" chapter (writer, book, reader) in my book about writing, "Negotiating with the Dead," might be of some help. Writing is what I do; hard to know how, apart from physical things like "a pencil."

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Lovescaleb

Lovescaleb asked Margaret Atwood:

What was the inspiration for your poem "Variation on the Word Sleep?" Did you dream it? I love this poem above all others because of the connection one desires in a relationship. Is the poem about a connection with your lover or is it about a toxic obsession?

Philip Gordon

Philip Gordon asked Margaret Atwood:

What are your thoughts on contemporary Canadian poetry, where it is, and where it should go in the future? Do you feel that poetry can still be relevant in a society that is rapidly moving past the desire for reading in general?

Steph

Steph asked Margaret Atwood:

What are a few of the books which have had the most impact on you as a writer?

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