2015 Atwood Society Contest Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 winners! Best Undergraduate Essay: Ariel McLean for “The Woman and her Heart or the Woman and A Heart?” Best Graduate Essay: Alex Tammaro for “Frog in a Jar: Amphibianism in Surfacing.“ Best Article: Jennifer Murray for “For the Love of a Fish: A Lacanian Reading of Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing,“ Literature Interpretation Theory […]
Jan 2016 Society News!
Happy New Year! Atwood Society dues have been lowered to $15 for members, regardless of nationality. Paying dues gives you access to Margaret Atwood Studies, our journal–a new edition just came out! Finally, if you’re heading to Austin for MLA, make sure you attend the MAS panel and the MAS meeting right after. Information can […]
Atwood to pen graphic novels for Dark Horse Comics
Margaret Atwood will write three ‘Angel Catbird’ graphic novels for Dark Horse Comics to launch in 2016. From The Hollywood Reporter: Catbird — so called because he’s part man, part owl and part cat as the result of “some spilled genetic Super-Splicer,” according to Atwood — will be the star of three graphic novels written […]
Membership Vote: Lowered Dues
Fellow Atwoodians, We are finishing the transition to an electronic journal. Thus, we believe it is time to lower the dues, as production costs will soon be lower. The executive committee has proposed annual dues of $15 for all individual members. If approved, the new dues would take effect on 1/1/16. A link to the vote […]
Atwood Award Deadline: 12/1/2015!
Margaret Atwood Society Awards are named each year; nominations are invited in all categories and should be sent directly to the appropriate judge (see below). Entries for the 2015 Awards are due by December 1st, 2015. Winners will be notified in early January. (Emailed entries should be in .docx or .pdf.) Best Undergraduate Essay: Mairin […]
Celebrating Atwood’s New Novel: A Sale
I was simply going to post a link to Atwood’s new novel, The Heart Goes Last (a revision of her Byliner Positron series). However, when I went to Powells to grab the link, I discovered that they’re having an Atwood sale. Stock up on Atwood while the sale lasts: http://www.powells.com/promotions/margaret-atwood-sale. –Karma Waltonen, Editor, Margaret Atwood […]
Atwood among literary luminaries honored by New York Public Library
See this article in Wall Street Journal about the Library Lions gala event.
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
“In Margaret Atwood’s Latest, the Past is Powerfully Present.” NPR, Sept. 13, 2014