Friday, April 21, 2017
YOUNGSTOWN
Prolific poet and feminist writer Margaret Atwood compared modern society and her novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” – about dictatorship and oppression – during the Skeggs Lecture Series Friday night.
Atwood is the author of more than 40 works of poetry, children’s literature, fiction and non-fiction.
Some of her notable works include “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Edible Woman.”
Atwood’s New York Times bestseller, “The Handmaid’s Tale,“ written in 1985, will be premiering as a Hulu original series Wednesday.
“Details in ‘The Handmaids Tale’ don’t come very far from what we see in modern society,” she said. “ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ poses the question, ‘If America were run by a dictatorship, what kind of dictatorship would it be?’ ”
YSU Communications Department Chair and Skeggs Lecture Series board member Adam Earnheardt asked what Atwood credits the renewed popularity of the story to: “Donald Trump or Hulu?”
Atwood replied: “The two are now joined at the hip, are they not?”
Read more about her lecture in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.