Margaret Atwood

by Shannon Hengen

  767.“Bad News.” Mississippi Review 21.1-2 (1992): 67-68.

  768.“Betty.” Das grosse Frauen-Lesebuch. Ed. Anne Rademacher and Georg Reuchlein. Munich: Wilhelm Goldmann, 1991. 109-131. In German.

  769.“Bread.” Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories. Ed. James Thomas, Denise Thomas, and Tom Hazuka. New York; London: W. W. Norton, 1992. 198-200. Reprinted from Iowa Review 12.2-3 (©1981).

  770.“Bread from Murder in the Dark.” Loaves & Wishes: Writers Writing on Food. Ed. Antonia Till. London: Virago, 1992. 69-70. A volume published to mark Ox-fam’s 50th anniversary.

  771.“Comments.” University of Toronto Quarterly 61.3 (Spring 1992): 82. Atwood’s thoughts on the issue’s topic of “allusion.”

  772.Damizlik kiz’in öyküsü. Istanbul: AFA Yayinlari, 1992. Turkish translation of The Handmaid’s Tale.

  773.Den Ätbara Kvinnan. Stockholm: Bökforlaget Prisma, 1992. Swedish translation of The Edible Woman by Vanja Lantz.

  774.Der Report der Magd. Frankfurt: Fischer, 1992. German translation of The Handmaid’s Tale.

  775.Die Essbare Frau: Roman. Hildesheim [Germany]: Claassen, 1992. German translation of The Edible Woman by Werner Waldhoff.

  776. “Eli, from Time to Time.” Essays on Canadian Writing 45-46 (Winter-Spring 1991-92): 67-68. Reminiscence in “Eli Mandel Issue.”

  777.“[Excerpt].” Erotica: Women’s Writings from Sappho to Margaret Atwood. Ed. Margaret Reynolds. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992. 18-21. From The Handmaid’s Tale. Originally published in hard cover in Great Britain under the title: Erotica: An Anthology of Women’s Writing.

  778.“[Excerpts].” View from the Typewriter. [Videorecording]. Robert Duncan. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1992. 1 videocasette. A celebration of Canada (people, places, culture) presented via readings from the works of leading literary figures matched up with illustrative documentary film footage. Featured authors are: Milton Acorn, Malcolm Lowry, Jack Hodgins, Earle Birney, Margaret Laurence, W. O. Mitchell, Farley Mowat, Hugh MacLennan, Leonard Cohen, and Margaret Atwood.

  779.“Five Poems for Dolls.” Exile: A Literary Quarterly 16.1 (1992): 425-426. David Annesley sketch of Atwood on p. [v].

  780.“Foreword.” Charles Pachter. By Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1992. 1-5. Portrait of Margaret Atwood with Mug I reproduced opposite page 1.

  781. “Gertrude Talks Back.” Sunday Times Books (London) 23 August 1992: Section 6: 6-7. Short story; reprinted in Good Bones (see 782).

  782.Good Bones. Toronto: Coach House Press; London: Bloomsbury, 1992. Contains the following: “Bad News,” “The Little Red Hen Tells All,” “Gertrude Talks Back,” “There Was Once,” “Unpopular Gals,” “Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women,” “The Female Body,” “In Love with Raymond Chandler,” “Stump Hunting,” “Making a Man,” “Epaulettes,” “Cold-Blooded,” “Men at Sea,” “Alien Territory,” “Adventure Story,” “Hardball,” “My Life as a Bat,” “Theology,” “An Angel,” “Poppies: Three Variations,” “Homelanding,” “Third Handed,” “Death Scenes,” “Four Small Paragraphs,” “We Want It All,” “Dance of the Lepers,” “Good Bones.”

  783.Good Bones: A Poem. Toronto: Harbourfront Reading Series, 1992. 8pp. “Printed in a limited ed. of 500 copies, of which 150 are signed and numbered by the author and 50 are hors de commerce.”

  784.“Gup.” In a Word: A Dictionary of Words That Don’t Exist, But Ought To. Ed. Jack Hitt and Deidre McFadyen. New York: Laurel, 1992. 80. Atwood contributed this coined word and its definition.

  785.“Hairball.” Lovers: Stories by Women. Ed. Amber Coverdale Sumrall. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1992. 140-149. Reprinted from Wilderness Tips, ©1991.

  786.“I Learned to Read Before I Started School.” Toronto Star 26 September 1992: Section: Weekend: K1. (1338 w). Books in childhood and youth read by Atwood.

  787.“In Love with Raymond Chandler.” Sunday Times Books (London) 23 August 1992: Section 6: 6. Short story; Reprinted in Good Bones (see 782).

  788.“Isis in Darkness.” Caught in a Story: Contemporary Fairytales and Fables. Ed. Christine Park and Caroline Heaton. London: Vintage, 1992. 58-81. Reprinted from Wilderness Tips, ©1991.

  789.“Kat.” A Pocketful of Prose: Contemporary Short Fiction. Ed. David Madden. Fort Worth; Philadelphia; San Diego; New York; Orlando; Austin; San Antonio; Toronto; Montreal; London; Sydney; Tokyo: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1992. 236-246. Reprinted from New Yorker 66.3 (5 March 1990): 38-44. Appears in Wilderness Tips, ©1991 as “Hairball.”

  790.Katzenauge. Frankfurt: Fischer, 1992. German translation of Cat’s Eye.

  791.Kedi gözü. Istanbul: AFA Yayinlari, 1992. Turkish translation of Cat’s Eye by Suna Güler.

  792.“La edad de plomo.” Revista de Occidente 139 (December 1992): 7-24. “The Age of Lead” translated into Spanish by María Elena de Valdés.

  793.Lady Orakel: Roman. Hildesheim [Germany]: Claassen, 1992. German translation of Lady Oracle by Werner Waldhoff.

  794.“Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women.” This Magazine 26.3 (September 1992): 20-21. Fictional poem; reprinted in Good Bones (see 782).

  795.“Little Red Hen Tells All.” Zeitschrift fűr Kanada-Studien 21.1 (1992): 7-12.

  796.“Machine. Gun. Nest.” Exile: A Literary Quarterly 16.4 (1992): 282-283. Poem.

  797.“Making a Man.” Sunday Times Books (London) 23 August 1992: Section 6: 6-7. Short story; reprinted in Good Bones (see 782).

  798.Murder in the Dark. North Rocks, NSW: Royal N.S.W. Institute for Deaf & Blind Children, [1992]. Braille edition, 1 v.

  799.“Murder in the Dark” (that is, “Worship,” “Iconography,” “Him,” “Hopeless,” “A Parable”). Exile: A Literary Quarterly 16.4 (1992): 78-80. All from Part IV of Murder in the Dark.

  800.“Nationalism, Socialism and Feminism: Margaret Atwood in Scotland.” Twist and Shout: A Decade of Feminist Writing in This Magazine. Toronto: Second Story Press, 1992. 1-16. Reprinted from This Magazine 13.5-6 (1979).

  801.“Notes towards a Poem That Can Never Be Written.” Inside the Poem: Essays and Poems in Honor of Donald Stephens. Ed. W. H. New. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1992. 2-4. Reprinted from Selected Poems: 1966-1984, ©1990.

  802.Opowiesc Podrecznej. Warsaw: Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1992. Polish translation of The Handmaid’s Tale by Zofia Uhrynowska-Hanasz.

  803.Poems 1976-1986. London: Virago, 1992. 147. “This edition offset from Hough-ton Mifflin first edition, 1987.”

  804.The Poetry and Voice of Margaret Atwood. [Sound recording]. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. 1 sound cassette (36 min.) Reissue of: Caedmon CDL 51537 (1977). Includes: “The Animals in That Country,” “A Foundling,” “The Landlady,” “At the Tourist Center in Boston,” “Roominghouse,” “Winter,” “Game After Supper,” “Girl and Horse,” “1928,” “The Small Cabin,” “Midwinter,” “Presol-stice,” “6 A.M. Boston Summer Sublet,” “Dreams of the Animals,” “Cyclops,” “Younger Sister, Going Swimming,” “Power Politics,” “They Eat Out,” “My Beautiful Wooden Leader,” “We Are Hard on Each Other,” “At First I Was Given Centuries,” “You Refuse to Own Yourself,” “They Are Hostile Nations,” “They Were All Inaccurate,” “Tricks with Mirrors,” “You Are Happy,” “There Is Only One of Everything,” “Late August,” “ Book of Ancestors.”

  805.“Poppies: Three Variations.” Saturday Night 107.9 (November 1992): 68-69. Fiction. Appears in Good Bones.

  806.“Preface.” The Canadian Green Consumer Guide. [Sound recording]. Read by Chris Landry. Toronto: CNIB, 1992. 2 cassettes. Recorded from book with same title: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, ©1989.

  807.Råd Fra Villmarken. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1992. Norwegian translation of Wilderness Tips by Inger Gjelsvik.

  808.Råd I Vildmarken, Och Andra Berättelser. Stockholm: Bokförlaget Prisma, 1992. Swedish translation of Wilderness Tips by Else Lundgren.

  809.“Rape Fantasies.” The Heath Introduction to Fiction. 4th ed. With a Preface o
n Fiction and Introductory Notes by John J. Clayton. Lexington, MA; Toronto: D. C. Heath, 1992. 864-871. Reprinted from Dancing Girls and Other Stories; brief description of Atwood’s writings, 863-864.

  810.“The Santa Claus Trap.” Canadian Christmas Stories in Prose and Verse. Ed. Don Bailey and Daile Unruh. [Sound recording]. Read by Rick Book. Toronto: CNIB, 1992. 1 sound cassette. Recorded from book with same title: Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, ©1990.

  811.“Shopping.” Ark of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction. Ed. Lesley Choyce. Lawrence-town Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, 1992. 243-249. Excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale, ©1985.

  812.“Simmering.” The Great Big Book of Canadian Humour. Ed. Allan Gould. Toronto: Macmillan, 1992. 70-72. Reprinted from Murder in the Dark, ©1983.

  813.“The Sin Eater.” The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces. 2nd ed. Ed. Beverly Lawn. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992. 377-387. Reprinted from Bluebeard’s Egg and Other Stories. Biographical sketch, 439.

  814.Stories from Wilderness Tips. [Sound recording]. Read by Helen Shaver. Toronto: Bantam Audio Publishing, 1992. 2 sound cassettes (1 h 20 min). Canadian version of US edition, 1991.

  815.Surfacing. London: Bloomsbury, 1992, ©1977.

  816.Suzana Mudi no nikki, Tokyo: Kokubunsha, 1992. Japanese translation of The Journals of Susanna Moodie by Hirabayashi Mitoko, Kuno Sachiko, and Bevarii Karen. Title romanized.

  817.“There Was Once.” Mississippi Review 21.1-2 (1992): 69-71; also in This Magazine 26.3 (September 1992): 21-22. Prose poem; reprinted in Good Bones (see 782).

  818.“Three-Eyes.” West Coast Line 25.3 (Winter 1991-92): 142-143. Poem; in special issue, “‘You Devise. We Devise.’ A Festschrift for Phyllis Webb.”

  819.“To Salman Rushdie, a Letter from Margaret Atwood.” The Independent 12 February 1992: Section: Editorial Page: 21.

  820.“True Romances.” Exile: A Literary Quarterly 16.1 (1992): 132-134. Prose piece; David Annesley sketch of Atwood on p. [v].

  821.“Unearthing Suite.” Woman’s Hour Book of Short Stories Volume II. Selected and introduced by Pat McLoughlin. London: BBC Books, 1992. 265-281. “Shelley Thompson read this story on Woman’s Hour in April 1992.” Reprinted from Bluebeard’s Egg and Other Stories, ©1986.

  822.“Unpopular Gals.” Mississippi Review 21.1-2 (1992): 72-74.

  823.[Untitled.] Exile: A Literary Quarterly 16.2-3 (1992): 50-51. Unidentified, facsimile manuscript page and full-page photograph by John Reeves.

  824.[Untitled.] The Pleasure of Reading. Ed. Antonia Fraser. London: Bloomsbury, 1992. 153-158. Essay and list of favorite books; essay illustrated by Karen Lud-low. “This book has been produced to commemorate the bicentenary of W. H. Smith.”

  825.[Untitled.] “Voices of the Nation.” Maclean’s 105.43 (“special issue—on sale from October 19, 1992”): 23. Response to question of how she was planning to vote in the October 26 referendum on the Charlottetown accord; photo accompanies her reply.

  826.“Weight.” Legal Fictions: Short Stories about Lawyers and the Law. Ed. Jay Wishingrad. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1992. 70-81. Reprinted from Wilderness Tips, ©1991.

  827.Wenken Voor De Wildernis (Verhalen). Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1992. Dutch translation of Wilderness Tips.

  828.Wilderness Tips. Toronto: Seal Books; London: Virago, 1992 ©1991. Paperback reprint.

  829.“Women’s Novels.” Likely Stories: A Postmodern Sampler. Ed. George Bowering and Linda Hutcheon. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1992. 27-30. Also in The Great Big Book of Canadian Humour. Ed. Allan Gould. Toronto: Macmillan, 1992. 82-83. Reprinted from Murder in the Dark, ©1983.

  Quotations

  830.“[Quote].” Contemporary Literary Criticism Yearbook 1991. Ed. Roger Matuz et al. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1992: 275. Quote is from Atwood’s Globe and Mail tribute to Frye which was quoted in the New York Times obituary; same quote appears on 276 in boldface.

  831.“[Quote].” The Last Word: A Treasury of Women’s Quotes. Carolyn Warner. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992. 193. Unattributed quote is a comment on literature.

  832.“[Quote].” Making the News: Photo-mosaics by Bruce Johnson. Halifax, NS: [The Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University], 1992. [1]. Atwood quoted on Bruce Johnson by John Murchie: “He has changed profoundly the way we look at familiar iconography.” A requote from John Allemang. “Queen, Moore & Charlie Go to France.” Globe and Mail 12 October 1991: D1.

  833.“[Quotes].” The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women. Compiled by Rosalie Maggio. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992. 4, 7, 68, 86, 120, 133, 307, 322. Eleven At-wood quotes.

  834.“[Quotes].” The New Quotable Woman. Compiled and ed. by Elaine Partnow. New York and Oxford: Facts on File, 1992. 470. One quote from Surfacing; three from The Handmaid’s Tale.

  835.“[Quotes].” Webster’s II New Riverside Desk Quotations. By James B. Simpson. Boston; New York; London: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 27, 203. Reprinted from The Journals of Susanna Moodie and Time.

  836.“[Quotes].” Write to the Heart: Wit and Wisdom of Women Writers. Ed. Amber Coverdale Sumrall. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1992. 17, 22, 50, 55, 78, 88, 93, 109, 121, 125, 147, 158, 162, 167. Fourteen Atwood quotes.

  Interviews

  837.An Interview with Margaret Atwood. [Sound recording]. Sydney: ABC Radio, 1992. 1 sound cassette (30 min.). Interview by Jill Kitson.

  838.DREIFUS, Claudia. “Margaret Atwood: ‘Respectability Can Kill You Very Quickly.’” The Progressive 56.3 (March 1992): 30-33. “In the interview, Atwood discusses the Canadian reputation for dullness, her fame, her new book, Wilderness Tips, the type of woman she writes about, her inspiration for The Handmaid’s Tale, the mixing of art and politics, the Canadian feeling of being overwhelmed by the United States, her politics, her disdain for respectability, and her lack of political correctness.” (Journal).

  839.GUTTRIDGE, Peter. “The Handmaid and the Home Economist’s Tale.” The Independent 14 November 1992: 28. (1276 w). Atwood caught en route to Canada after 9 months in Provence. Some excerpts:

  Commenting on the Margaret Atwood Society: “I feel silly about the Society, as if I should be dead, I should be Robert Browning or somebody. I feel the same about being taught in university. But what can I do? If I dwelt on it I would probably get a terrible skin disease. I do, however, refuse to tell them the answers to these questions about the one true meaning of what I do. They have to figure that out for themselves.”

  On biographies: “I used to disapprove of biographies on principle, but with increasing age I’ve become as nosey as anyone else.”

  What about her own life? “Oh, I wouldn’t recommend writing about me. There isn’t any good Nancy Reagan stuff. But rather than anybody else doing it, maybe I’d better do it myself.” She pauses. “In 20 years or so. I see no need for haste.”

  840.INGERSOLL, Earl G., and Philip HOWARD. Margaret Atwood: Conversations. London: Virago, 1992 ©1990.

  841.KENYON, Olga. “Margaret Atwood Gives Voice.” Women’s Voice in Literature and Society. Ed. Maggie Allison and Anne White. Bradford, West Yorkshire: University of Bradford, Dept. of Modern Languages, [1992]. 15-27. (Bradford Occasional Papers No. 11). Explores, in part, how Atwood draws inspiration from other texts.

  842.MARCHAND, Philip. “Atwood Experiments with ‘Pieces.’” Toronto Star 25 September 1992: Section: Entertainment: C13. (505 w). On Good Bones—why it was published by Coach House Press: “It can do unclassifiable books. You can’t say Good Bones is a novel, or a collection of short stories, or poetry. It’s a book of… pieces.” [Ed. note: See SLOPEN interview below.]

  On its use in readings: “Because it’s not poetry and it’s not short stories, but it has some of the virtues of both. You can use quite condensed language, but there’s an end to it after two or three pages.”

  843.MEYER, Bruce, and Brian O’RIORDAN. “Figure It Out: Margaret Atwood.” Lives and Works. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 1992. 1-8.

  844.SLOPEN, Beverley. “Atwood’s Erotica.” Toront
o Star 1 August 1992: Section: Weekend: G15. Atwood, then in France, queried about her entry in Erotica: Women’s Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood. “You’ve got me there,” At-wood answers. “I’m anthologized a great deal and they must have picked something from my published works, either poetry or fiction, and got permission from the publisher.” Instead she preferred to talk about Good Bones as a small-format hardcover, priced at $18.95, of which the publisher is hoping to sell 20,000 copies. Atwood, who received no advance but was paid royalties, hoped the book would be successful enough to help put the small literary press in the black.

  845.TIDMARSH, Andrew. “Dinosaurs, Comics, Conan—and Metaphysical Romance: Andrew Tidmarsh Talks to Margaret Atwood.” Interzone 65 (1 November 1992): 23-25.

  846.WHITE, Lesley. “A Heroine of the Struggle Casts a Cool Eye on Women.” Sunday Times 16 August 1992: Section 2: 5. (1750 w).

  Scholarly Resources

  847.100 Years of Critical Solitudes: Canadian and Québécois Criticism from the 1880s to the 1980s. Ed. Caroline Bayard. Toronto: ECW Press, 1992. 356. Atwood mentioned in several essays.

  848.“Atwood, Margaret.” Who’s Who in Canadian Literature 1992-93. By Gordon Ripley and Anne Mercer. Teeswater, ON: Reference Press, 1992. 9-11. Biographical facts and list of publications.

  849.“Atwood, Margaret Eleanor.” Who’s Who in Writers, Editors and Poets: United States and Canada 1992-1993. 4th ed. Ed. Curt Johnson and Frank Nipp. Highland Park, IL: December Press, 1992. 19-20. Primarily a list of publications and awards.

  850.“Atwood, Margaret Eleanor.” Who’s Who of American Women. 17th ed. 1991-1992. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who’s Who, Macmillan Information Company, 1991. 35. Biographical sketch.

  851.“Atwood, Margaret Eleanor (born 1939).” The Bloomsbury Guide to Women’s Literature. Ed. Claire Buck. New York; London; Toronto; Sydney; Tokyo; Singapore: Prentice Hall General Reference, 1992. 300-301. Biographical reference with short bibliography.

  852.“Handmaid.” A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Ed. David Lyle Jeffrey. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992. 328. Reference to Atwood novel in definition of the word “handmaid.”