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Tag: Margaret Atwood

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  • April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Your Feelings Are No Excuse

Acclaimed novelist, essayist, and poet Margaret Atwood was awarded the 2022 Hitchens Prize. Her full remarks from the Prize ceremony can be read on The Atlantic’s website

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