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Alex Mandarino
Alex Mandarino asked Margaret Atwood:

What's your stance in the division between literature and genre literature? Do you reckon such division exists and if so, why?

Margaret Atwood Hello: There are good books and the other kind. Good books exist in any and all "genres." So do the other kind. I think it's partly a matter of "frame" -- what it says the thing is on the cover – which shapes the expectations of the reader. In the 50s, when paperbacks were newish, you could walk into the corner drugstore and pick up a cheap edition on a classic with a sleazy cover on it. I bet a lot of people got introduced to literature that way!
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Laura
Laura asked Margaret Atwood:

I studied The Handmaid's Tale as a basis for my coursework and I loved the novel. I extended on the chapter when Moira is never seen again, with a Bonnie and Clyde spin-off! From my studies, I was wondering why speech marks are not used for conversation between Offred and the Commander. As a class, we thought it might be something to do with the class/societal divide, so what was your intention behind it?

Arlind Fazliu
Arlind Fazliu asked Margaret Atwood:

Hello !! What would be your advice for a young writer before he starts writing? And how many hours a day do you write ?

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Don Lively asked Margaret Atwood:

Looking back, what would you say was the 'thing' that took you from aspiring to that next level? Was it an insight, a technique, networking, the 'long hard slog'? What made Margaret Atwood the writer she is?

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