a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by coffeesp00ns
coffeesp00ns  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'bl00's Reviews #4: "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Atwood gets a lot of things - She's a damned smart lady. I enjoy listening to her interviews with Jian Ghomeshi on Q because it's like watching a cat play with its food. Not everyone likes her, some people think she's incredibly overrated (and in Canada, they're probably not wrong), but I enjoy her ultra-dry sense of humour and her intelligence, as well as the way she writes.

Have a read (or listen) to her Massey Lectures from 2008. It's called "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". It's one of my favourite books I own

kleinbl00 you might like it as well. Or hate it. Frankly, I have no idea.





thundara  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Have a read (or listen) to her Massey Lectures from 2008. It's called "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". It's one of my favourite books I own

I'd had zero exposure to her up until the link above and, recently, its sequel. I'll add it to the queue...

coffeesp00ns  ·  3741 days ago  ·  link  ·  

well, if you like that trilogy, take a look in her back catalogue. Handmaid's Tale and many others have won awards.