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Collection:
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Good Reading |
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Call Number:
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814.54 |
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Author:
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Atwood, Margaret |
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Title:
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Burning questions |
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Remainder of title:
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essays, 2004-2021 |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"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 littering our 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 in the wake of her own loss (2020), Atwood provokes, probes, delights, surprises, and rewards the reader at every turn"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780385547482 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780593314074 |
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(ebook) |
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(trade paperback) |
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(hardcover) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780385547505 |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Classification number:
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PR9199.3.A8 |
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Item number:
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B87 2022 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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814/.54 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1939- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Margaret Atwood. |
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Edition statement:
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First edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York ,NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Doubleday |
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Date of publication:
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2022 |
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Projected publication date:
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2203 |
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New York : |
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Doubleday, |
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[2022] |
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Extent:
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475 pages includes index |
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volume |
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nc |
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General note:
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Includes index. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 3/02/22 |
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Purchase price:
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30.00 |
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Source of term:
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lcgft |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Essays. |
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Main entry heading:
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Atwood, Margaret. |
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Edition:
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First edition. |
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Place, publisher, and date of publication:
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New York : Doubleday, [2022] |
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Display text:
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Online version: |
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Title:
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Burning questions |
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Record control number:
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(DLC) 2021021364 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780385547505 |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk14 2021-05-18 |
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xk14 2021-05-18 (TW Situational) |
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xk14 2021-05-18 (TW Situational) to CIP |
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