Margaret Atwood on Canada, Writing, and Invention (Live at Mason)

<p class="graf graf--p">Margaret Atwood defines the Canadian sense of humor as “a bit Scottish,” and in this live conversation with Tyler, she loves to let her own comedic sensibilities shine. In addition to many other thoughts about Canada — it’s big after all — she and Tyler discuss Twitter, biotechnology, Biblical history, her families of patents, poetry, literature, movies, and feminism.</p> <p class="graf graf--p">Is it coincidence that Atwood started <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">The Handmaid’s Tale</em> in West Berlin during 1984? Does she believe in ghosts? Is the Western commitment to free speech waning? How does she stay so productive? Why is she against picking favorites? Atwood provides insight to these questions and much more.</p> <p class="graf graf--p"><a href= "https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/tyler-cowen-margaret-atwood-writer-author-poetry-handmaids-tale-b3ddd258cf81"> Transcript and links</a></p> <p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood">Margaret</a> on Twitter</p> <p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/tylercowen">Tyler</a> on Twitter</p> <p class="graf graf--p">More CWT goodness:</p> <p class="graf graf--p"><a href= "https://facebook.com/cowenconvos">Facebook</a></p> <p class="graf graf--p"><a href= "https://twitter.com/cowenconvos">Twitter</a></p> <p class="graf graf--p"><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/cowenconvos/">Instagram</a></p> <p class="graf graf--p"><a href= "https://mercatus.org/newsletters">Email</a></p>