Literary Icon Margaret Atwood on why The Handmaid’s Tale No Longer Feels Like Fiction

Margaret Atwood has a stark message: The Handmaid's Tale is no longer fiction. According to France 24, the two-time Booker Prize winner has spent four decades exploring the erosion of democracy and women's rights, and many readers now see her dystopian vision mirrored in reality. In a new interview, Atwood discusses Trump's presidency, expanding book bans in the United States, reproductive rights rollbacks, and censorship. She's even burned an edition of her novel billed as unburnable—a potent symbol against suppressed speech.

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