02758cam a2200301 i 4500 771850030 TxAuBib 20220304120000.0 210518s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021021363 9780385547482 HRD 30.00 038554748X HRD 30.00 DLC eng rda DLC GCmBT TxAuBib rda Atwood, Margaret, 1939-, author. Ryszard Kapuściński. Essays Selections. Burning questions [Book] : essays and occasional pieces, 2004 to 2021 / Margaret Atwood. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2022] xx, 475 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-457) and index. "A new collection of essays from Margaret Atwood, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments. Short Description / Web 'About this Book' From literary icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of nonfiction-funny, erudite, intimate, impassioned, and always startlingly prescient-which grapples with such wide-ranging topics as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How do we get rid of the immense amount of plastic that's litteringour seas and lands? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? Is science fiction now writing us? So what if beauty is only skin deep? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? Is it true? And is it fair? In over fifty pieces, taken from lectures, autobiographical essays, book reviews, cultural criticism, obituaries, and new introductions to her own body of work (including The Handmaid's Tale thirty years after its initial publication) as well as that of other writers, we watch Atwood aim her prodigious intellect and impish humor at the world, and report back to us on what she finds. From asking what society's youth expects from its elders (2004), to pondering the philosophical underpinnings of debt (2008, not surprisingly), to encountering a mysterious new platform called Twitter (2009), to asking if it is, in fact, too late to save the planet (2015) or what forces have been unleashed in the age of Trump (2016), and culminating in a breathtaking meditation on grief and poetry inthe wake of her own loss (2020), Atwood provokes, probes, delights, surprises, and rewards the reader at every turn"-- Provided by publisher. 20220318. Essays. Atwood, Margaret, New York : Doubleday, [2022] Burning questions.