Put clothes on her and you'd have a schoolteacher, Olympia, Edouard Manet, 1863-65, oil on canvas, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France. She has served as a Writer-In-Residence and a lecturer at many colleges and Universities. Clarke Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Molson Award, the Ida Nudel Humanitarian Award, and a Canada Short Fiction Award.Ītwood's work has been translated into many languages and published in more than twenty-five countries. Booker Prize, the Dashell Hammett Prize,Los Angeles Times Book Award, Arthur C. More than 15 books of poetry, several collections of short fiction, several books for children four collections of nonfiction and more than ten novels. She is the former president of PEN (Poets, Essayists, Novelists) Canada, which assists writers worldwide who live under political oppression. The Toronto-based writer has wielded her pen and activist voice on behalf of many causes. Margaret Atwood is known for her wicked sense of humor and caustic tongue, which have inspired critics to label her "Medusa," "amusing duchess," and "quiet Mata Hari." Margaret Atwood, a portrait by Canadian artist Christian Cardell CorbetĢ4"x 48", acrylic on canvas and butterflies Mostly it will be about visual art, but it can be about music, dance, theater, etc. It's a kind of poem known as ekphrastic art, that is, art that takes as its theme a work of art other than writing. Since this poem was mentioned in regard to our discussion of The Blindfold, I jump started our new discussion list by moving this one into place now.
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