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Interviews | October 6, 2009

The Powells.com Interview with Margaret Atwood

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In her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood describes a future after humanity had been almost entirely wiped out by a plague. Jimmy, aka Snowman, lives... Continue »

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   The Year of the Flood

   Margaret Atwood

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ivansky, November 7, 2008

Representing a host of occupations: steelworker, organizer, farmer, hooker, elevator starter, stock chaser, bar pianist and plenty more...folks male and female, young and old, describe the daily routine of their jobs and share their dreams and goals in life as well as their disappointments and grievances.

From the steelworker who punches a random guy in a bar because he wants to punch someone else (his foreman), to the newspaper boy, cynical beyond his years, expressing his rage at his customers, all of the people interviewed speak from the heart in a way only Studs Terkel could elicit.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Studs Terkel, who passed away on Halloween at the age of 96 in his hometown of Chicago, was an author, actor, and broadcaster but he will be remembered most for his gift as an oral historian. He will be greatly missed.

"With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven." Studs Terkel

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