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Margaret Atwood. You do know who she is, correct? (Original Post) sheshe2 Mar 2022 OP
Awww ... love her. Went to a forum/talk to hear moonscape Mar 2022 #1
You are one lucky person to have met her! sheshe2 Mar 2022 #2
The Prolifically Brilliant Margaret Cha Mar 2022 #3
She is an inspiration to all women, Cha. sheshe2 Mar 2022 #4
lol. I noticed.. Cha Mar 2022 #5
Share and share alike. sheshe2 Mar 2022 #6
Exactly .. pass the Cha Mar 2022 #7
For Ukraine. sheshe2 Mar 2022 #8
Aww.. 💙 Cha Mar 2022 #11
Kicking for visibility. love_katz Mar 2022 #9
Thank You! sheshe2 Mar 2022 #10
My user name is from one of her poems Habitation Mar 2022 #12
Nice! North Shore Chicago Mar 2022 #14
Bless her soul! blue-wave Mar 2022 #13
K&R brer cat Mar 2022 #15
She is overdue for a Nobel Prize for literature. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #16
Long before Handmaid's Tale, I was about 12 and read one of her books. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #17
Read a lot of her stuff when I was teenage and into 20s. Including "Handmaid's Tale" Liberal In Texas Mar 2022 #18
And love her we do! Thank you for this great find, she. niyad Mar 2022 #19

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
1. Awww ... love her. Went to a forum/talk to hear
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 03:03 AM
Mar 2022

her in SF. She was engaging and gave great advice to writers: just finish something!

Cha

(296,893 posts)
3. The Prolifically Brilliant Margaret
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 03:13 AM
Mar 2022

Atwood out on the Streets of Toronto Canada supporting Ukraine and Women!

If that isn't Inspiring!

Rt & Mahalo, she!

sheshe2

(83,669 posts)
4. She is an inspiration to all women, Cha.
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 03:20 AM
Mar 2022

What a beautiful woman. Thanks for the RT.




PS. I stole your sunflower.

Scrivener7

(50,924 posts)
17. Long before Handmaid's Tale, I was about 12 and read one of her books.
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 08:49 AM
Mar 2022

I think it was The Edible Woman. I was a BIG reader and read way beyond my years, but her book was the first I ever read where I though of the character, "Wow. THIS woman is real. Her reactions, her experiences are real. No woman I have ever read before was real."

It transformed my worldview.

Liberal In Texas

(13,534 posts)
18. Read a lot of her stuff when I was teenage and into 20s. Including "Handmaid's Tale"
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 08:52 AM
Mar 2022

Didn't realize she was getting so old! But so am I. LOL

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