The Testaments

Stuart Holm is kind of avant-garde provocateur.

And then I also move into what I call the center of the literary field in a subsequent chapter where I look at celebrity writers like Jennifer Egan, Teju Cole, and Margaret Atwood, Naomi Alderman, and talk about how they basically go online, interact with the crowd, develop new styles of writing as a result, and that feeds back into what we think of as their major contemporary novels, whether that's A Candy House or Tremor by Nicole or The Testaments or The Power.

Those are Atwood and Alterman, respectively.

And then I get into, as you're interested in...

to that also.

But can you say one word more about Atwood? Because I'd love to think about that example.

Yeah, like how does the Testaments get shaped by that?

Yeah.

And then I also move into the, what I call the center of the literary field in a subsequent chapter, where I look at celebrity writers like Jennifer Egan, Teju Cole, and Margaret Atwood, and Naomi Alderman, and talk about how they basically go online, interact with the crowd, develop new styles of writing as a result, and that feeds back into what we think of as their major contemporary novels.

Whether that's a Candy House or Tremor by Cole or The Testaments or The Power.

Those are Atwood and Alderman respectively.

And then I get into, as you're interested in-

Atwood is, in some ways, like the literary face of the Me Too movement.

She has really commanded a popular presence while also being a highly prestigious writer.

And I think that there's a way to read The Testaments, which is entirely continuous with Atwood's career, which is a portrait of the patriarchy and how women are entrapped within it and imagining the escape through words and literature.

But when I read and thought about that book in light of Atwood's deeply non-respectable engagement with Wattpad, she endorsed the platform.

Stewart Home, this kind of avant-garde provocateur.

And then I also move into the, what I call the center of the literary field in a subsequent chapter, where I look at celebrity writers like Jennifer Egan, Teju Cole, and Mo- Margaret Atwood, Naomi Alderman, and talk about how they basically go online, interact with the crowd, develop new styles of writing as a result, and that feeds back into what we think of as their major contemporary novels, whether that's The Candy House or Tremor by Cole or The Testaments or The Power.

Those are Atwood and Alderman respectively.

And then I get into, as you're interested in-

Atwood is, in some ways, like the literary face of the Me Too movement.

She has really commanded a popular presence while also being a highly prestigious writer.

And I think that there's a way to read The Testaments which is entirely continuous with Atwood's career, which is a portrait of the patriarchy and how women are entrapped within it and imagining the escape through words and literature.

But when I read and thought about that book in light of Atwood's deeply non-respectable engagement with Wattpad, [laughs] she endorsed the platform.

Stewart Home, this kind of avant-garde provocateur.

And then I also move into the, what I call the center of the literary field in a subsequent chapter, where I look at celebrity writers like Jennifer Egan, Teju Cole, and Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman, and talk about how they basically go online, interact with the crowd, develop new styles of writing as a result, and that feeds back into what we think of as their major contemporary novels, whether that's a Candy House or Tremor by Cole or The Testaments or The Power.

Those are Atwood and Alderman respectively.

And then I get into, as you're interested in-

Yeah.

But can you say one word more about Atwood? 'Cause I'd love to think about that example.

Yeah, like how does The Testaments get shaped by that evolution?

Yeah.

Stuart Holm is kind of avant-garde provocateur.

And then I also move into what I call the center of the literary field in a subsequent chapter where I look at celebrity writers like Jennifer Egan, Tasia Cole, and Margaret Atwood, Naomi Alderman, and talk about how they basically go online, interact with the crowd, develop new styles of writing as a result, and that feeds back into what we think of as their major contemporary novels, whether that's A Candy House or Tremor by Nicole or The Testaments or The Power.

Those are Atwood and Alterman, respectively.

And then I get into, as you're interested in...

to that also.

But can you say one word more about Atwood? Because I'd love to think about that example.

Yeah, like how does the Testaments get shaped by that?

Yeah.

The book has been adapted into a 1990 film, a 2000 opera, a 2013 ballet produced by Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and a 2017 television series, and I'm sure much, much more, including all kinds of visual art that has been created as inspired by that book.

The book's sequel, The Testaments, was published in 2019 and has also been adapted as a television series that aired in April of this year.

Yeah, and I know there's also a graphic novel, so plenty of public discourse happening around this book.

As we said in episode one, it's never been out of print since it was published.