Atwood’s feminist prose has garnered attention outside literary circles and universities — it’s mainstream and literally streaming on Hulu. The author of the best selling novel and TV series The Handmaid’s Tale, has captured the attention her provocative style demands. Poetic terms aside, to experience life in society as a woman today serves as context enough for Atwood’s work to resonate.
The opening lines from Margaret Atwood’s “Miss July Grows Older” were displayed on a letter board sign in my college apartment: