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December 05, 2009

Atwood & Speculative Fiction

Atwood's work is often categorized as "speculative fiction". Take a look at how the term is used, especially by those in the "business":

What is Speculative Fiction? from Green Tentacles
What is Speculative Fiction? from Lost Books
From Atwood herself at Wired

You'll find Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale on this historical list-in-progress of dystopian literature at Wikipedia.

Atwood interviewed on religion by Bill Moyers via YouTube.

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Spring Book List

Our Spring 2010 Brilliant Minds book list is now available for download in printable PDF format:

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For Aristotle, we will concentrate our reading on selections from the Ethics, Politics, Rhetoric, and Poetics.

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Alberto Manguel: A Reader on Reading
James Wood (Author): How Fiction Works (Paperback)
Conversational approach makes more sophisticated analysis accessible. (****)
The Honorable Richard A. Posner: A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression
As a Federal Judge, economist, and literate writer, Posner's view is always worth considering. (*****)
Mahmoud Darwish: A River Dies of Thirst: journals
Profoundly poetic, challenging personally and politically. (*****)
Eduardo Galeano: Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone
The titles of these re-tellings are much of the fun & wit, as are at least one observation or turn of phrase per story. (*****)

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