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'Burning Questions' For Margaret Atwood

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 4, 2022

Margaret Atwood, author of short stories, essays, and novels, including The Handmaid's Tale, and her latest collection, Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021 (Doubleday, 2022), talks about her latest book, plus her response to Jennifer Senior's take on friendship in middle-age and how things change with friends as we get even older.

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