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24 Apr 2019 Conversations with Tyler Margaret Atwood on Canada, Writing, and Invention (Live at Mason)
““The Robber Bridegroom” — I wrote a book called The Robber Bride, which takes a similar type of motif but flips it. They’re infinitely suggestive — these folktales, fairy tales, legends, and myths — because we don’t really know what they mean.”
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…Hi. What’s your favorite fairy tale and why? My favorite fairy tale? Well, there’s a cluster of them that are interesting to me. I would say probably “The Juniper Tree,” if you know that one. No, no, no, no. Have a look — that one. “The Robber Bridegroom” — I wrote a book called The Robber Bride, which takes a similar type of motif but flips it. They’re infinitely suggestive — these folktales, fairy tales, legends, and myths — because we don’t really know what they mean. So everybody’s always reinterpreting them for their own time and in their own way. I’m working with an actress right now on a reinterpretation of Medea. Thank you for speaking, and for all of your writings, especially your poetry. I wanted to ask what television — or shows, because it’s not necessarily television anymore — shows and movies interest you. What do you watch?…
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