From the archives, Margaret Atwood, interviewed in 1986 at the Florida Junior College Women’s Center. She talks about the contemporary context of The Handmaid’s Tale and why she thinks it became a bestseller. Her discussion of eighties’ politics is incredibly sharp, and from our point of view at the end of 2019, this is an interesting window into the past – an insightful look into the logic that underpins her classic novel.
