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Article: Margaret Atwood: Is this the path we want to be seen on?
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- Herizons
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- April 1, 2004
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Her oeuvre includes early Canadian feminist literature, poignant love stories, a gothic novel and science fiction. She is an alchemist whose novels help pinpoint where we are and where humanity is headed.
Margaret Atwood has won every major writing award, including the Booker Prize. While her recent bestseller, Oryx and Crake, could be compared to a journey through Dante's Inferno, Atwood maintains that human beings are fundamentally a helpful species.
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Herizons contributor Irene D'Souza spoke to Atwood recently about her childhood, her prescient gifts and her research into the trajectory that marks women's path towards equality.
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