During her 2009 book tour for The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood partnered with Los Angeles musician Orville Stoeber to perform a number of environmentally themed hymns from the book’s pages. In addition to three of the songs that resulted from this collaboration, we’ve compiled a number of clips from Jo Scott-Coe’s recent interview with Atwood, in which the acclaimed Canadian writer discusses a range of topics—from the role of “secular saints” in contemporary society to our inherent need for amusement and the delicate balance novels must achieve between entertainment and education.
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Photograph by Phoebe Larmore
