Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet, short-story writer, and the author of more than a dozen novels. More +

Adam Maida / The Atlantic

I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.

I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.
- Margaret Atwood
- May 13, 2022
Katie Martin / The Atlantic

Your Feelings Are No Excuse

Emotions may explain why people overreact, but they don’t justify it.
- Margaret Atwood
- April 1, 2022
Variation on the Word Sleep

A poem by Margaret Atwood, published in The Atlantic in 1980
- Margaret Atwood
- May 31, 2020
The Beetle and the Teacup
- Margaret Atwood
- Fiction 2009 Issue
Border Crossings
- Monica Ali, Margaret Atwood, Anne Michaels, and Joseph O'Neil
- Fiction 2009 Issue
A Visit
- Margaret Atwood
- May 1995 Issue
Bored
- Margaret Atwood
- December 1994 Issue
Mushrooms
- Margaret Atwood
- April 1981 Issue
Variation on the Word Sleep
- Margaret Atwood
- September 1980 Issue
November
- Margaret Atwood
- November 1974 Issue
"Not You I Fear..."
- Margaret Atwood
- December 1973 Issue
Girl and Horse, 1928
- Margaret Atwood
- January 1970 Issue
A Night in the Royal Ontario Museum
- Margaret Atwood
- January 1969 Issue