Margaret Atwood

Payback

Surviving Progress

Inevitable "I Write Like" Backlash Begins

​Have you played with I Write Like yet? It's the site where we learned that Madonna's daughter and Kurt Vonnegut are basically the same writer. It's also been telling some users they write like Dan "Da Vinci Code" Brown, and people are getting pissed.

After the Wedding Bells Comes the Drama for the Wife of Bluebeard

​Have you played with I Write Like yet? It's the site where we learned that Madonna's daughter and Kurt Vonnegut are basically the same writer. It's also been telling some users they write like Dan "Da Vinci Code" Brown, and people are getting pissed.

The Best Books of 2009

Vikings, asses, and LSD—Voice writers pick their favorite books of the year

One Ring Zero Makes Ingredients Sing. Literally.

​Like any good chef, One Ring Zero partners well-honed technique with unconventional inspiration. The brainchild of Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp, the band entered the cultural consciousness in 2004 with As Smart As We Are, an album featuring lyrics written by the likes of Margaret Atwood, Ri ... More >>

We Love You, Natasha!

As Natasha Richardson struggles to recover from her skiing accident, I'm looking over her career credits and finding them all extremely worthy of the child of two Oscar winners. Among my faves: 1988: Patty Hearst. Natasha was riveting as the kidnapped and brainwashed heiress whom I now count as a p ... More >>

Free Will Astrology

As Natasha Richardson struggles to recover from her skiing accident, I'm looking over her career credits and finding them all extremely worthy of the child of two Oscar winners. Among my faves: 1988: Patty Hearst. Natasha was riveting as the kidnapped and brainwashed heiress whom I now count as a p ... More >>

Free Will Astrology

As Natasha Richardson struggles to recover from her skiing accident, I'm looking over her career credits and finding them all extremely worthy of the child of two Oscar winners. Among my faves: 1988: Patty Hearst. Natasha was riveting as the kidnapped and brainwashed heiress whom I now count as a p ... More >>

Hope Floats

Wet hot American bummer: Chris Adrian's post-flood Magic Mountain

Road to Dystopia

Brave new worlds from We to V: A brief history of political future shocks

Letters

Brave new worlds from We to V: A brief history of political future shocks

Notes on Camp: Sedaris and Others Break Out the Bug Juice

Brave new worlds from We to V: A brief history of political future shocks

PEN Pals: Literary Celebration Promotes Multiculturalism

Brave new worlds from We to V: A brief history of political future shocks

Friends in Smart Places

It's a steady job but they want to hire a paperback writer

What to Do When Faced With Dana Plato in the Windy City

It's a steady job but they want to hire a paperback writer

Beach Reads

Sun Burnin', Page Turnin'

Gimme Shelter

Sun Burnin', Page Turnin'

Ink Slingers

Across Town, Words Jump off the Page

Three Degrees Celsius and Rising

Canadian Hip-Hop Thaws Out

Opera by the Book

Today’s Composers Search for Inspiration in Novels, Plays, and Even Films

Knowledge Is Power Hair

The 1000-Year Cut