Tag Archives: Margaret Atwood

Guest Post: Octavia Cade on the Power of Food

In my early twenties, I read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, her most famous book. Later, I read one of her a lesser known novels, The Edible Woman, about Marian McAlprin, a young woman engaged to be married who finds … Continue reading

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Remington Roundup:
First Drafts, a Book Festival, & Forest Avenue Press

I’m fresh off of teaching my online course, Flash Nonfiction I, and spending four weeks with an awesome group of women writers, so this week I’m recalibrating, recalculating, & settling back into story ideas and studio time. And, I’ve curated a … Continue reading

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Boxing, #Writing, & What Matters Most

I took a boxing class once. I learned the art of the jab, the uppercut, the hook. I even sparred with a guy, but he just played nice. It could have been the giddy grin on my face or the … Continue reading

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