‘The pen is mightier than the sword’, so the expression goes. But world-renowned author Margaret Atwood doesn’t believe it. In this interview with The Handmaid’s Tale author, conducted by Aaron James Wendland, Atwood argues that authors have influence – not power. Real power takes an army; swords, not pens. We must be realistic about this, as well as realistic about the prospects of fictional utopias, if we are to fulfill the promise of our more hopeful visions of the future.
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