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This is the moment for a course on the Canadian climate activist, poet and novelist Margaret Atwood. Best known for her dystopian The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Atwood's warning visions in poetry, short stories, non-fiction and novels attend to themes of malevolence, metamorphosis, memory, genetic mutation, totalitarianism, corporate control, feminism, free speech, and climate disaster, while rooted in traditions of folktale, myth, and ironic detachment. Among other works, including poetry and non-fiction, we will read novels The Handmaid's Tale, Surfacing, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake, exploring Atwood's "writing with intent." Readings: 80-100 pages of Atwood novels per week. Course format: Short lectures with seminar discussion; 9 Discussion posts; Take-home midterm; two short papers, and one final presentation