15 Powerful Quotes From Margaret Atwood
"Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality," 'The Handmaid's Tale' author Margaret Atwood said. "I'm a realist."
"Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality," 'The Handmaid's Tale' author Margaret Atwood said. "I'm a realist."
The mid-century masterpiece has been called his most autobiographical play.
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Accused by his countrymen of collaborating with the Nazis, the once-beloved British author fled in 1947 and never looked back.
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Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel was met with a poor critical reception. Decades later, critics finally understood what Hurston had accomplished.
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By his death at 70 in 1857, Holman had walked, climbed, ridden, hiked, and sailed a total distance equal to traveling to the moon. So why haven't you heard of him?
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Dickens wrote, “I have the perfect conviction that I could magnetize a Frying-Pan.”
Researchers working on a book about the poet stumbled on two of her unpublished poems hidden in a notebook.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the better players on team.
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Aimed at getting young people to read more, Hooked has more than 10 million downloads.
For readers young and old.
It's called "Write Your Way Out,” and features a variety of literary-themed tunes.
A fan group plans to convert author L.M. Montgomery's home in Norval, Ontario into a literary landmark.
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