S219. CANCELLED: Our Name Is Offred: Living The Handmaid's Tale
Status: Not Accepted
Saturday, March 7, 2020
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Since its publication in 1986, Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale has only grown in relevance and popularity. With adaptations from film to opera to graphic novel to the hit television series, as well as Atwood's own 2019 sequel, The Testaments, this speculative fiction is particularly resonant in 2020. From across genres and perspectives, we will discuss the history, legacy, controversy, and prescience of this canonical—yet topical—work.
Participants
Moderator:
Elizabeth Isadora Gold’s writing has appeared in the NY Times, the Believer, Tin House, The Rumpus, Salon, and many other publications. She is the author of the nonfiction book The Mommy Group: Freaking Out, Finding Friends, and Surviving the Happiest Times of Our Lives.
A past president of the National Book Critics Circle, Kate Tuttle writes about books and authors for the Boston Globe. Her reviews, profiles, and interviews have also appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. She also writes essays on politics, race, and parenting.
Alexandra Kleeman
