Paper Boat, Margaret Atwood
Paper Boat, Margaret Atwood
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Paper Boat
New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023

Author: Margaret Atwood

Narrator: Margaret Atwood

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2024

Categories: Fiction, Poetry

Synopsis

An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age

Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood—a writer who has fundamentally shaped the contemporary literary landscapes—Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961–2023 assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume.

In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful, and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voice to remarkably drawn characters—mythological figures, animals, and everyday people—all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. “How can one live with such a heart?” Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the reader and ferrying us through life, death, and whatever comes next. Atwood, in her journey through poetry, illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears.

Spanning six decades of work—from her earliest beginnings to brand-new poems—this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors.

About Margaret Atwood

It seems as though some people carry out their interests in many ways. Such has been the life of Canadian born Margaret Atwood. For someone who did not begin school until the age of 12, Atwood became an avid reader, which probably encouraged her development of varied interests. She identifies as a poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher, and environmental activist. I doubt that spare time is in her agenda.

Beginning in 1961, Atwood has published 18 poetry collections, 18 novels, 11 non-fiction books, short fiction writings, two graphic novels, and various other smaller writings, both fiction and non-fiction. She has received several awards for her writings, with some of her works having been adapted for television and film. Those works increased her public exposure even more.

Atwood was married twice, divorced from one husband, and lost her second husband in 2019, after his unfortunate struggle with dimentia. The family, Atwood and her daughter, Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson, had moved to a farm near Alliston, Ontario. Atwood has sister, Ruth, and a brother, Harold.

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on February 22, 2025

Hot take: I prefer Margaret Atwood the poet to Margaret Atwood the novelist. While best known for her haunting dystopian worlds illuminating sharp social critiques, the decorated and beloved feminist Canadian writer has published just as many collections of poetry as she has novels. Starting her care......more

Goodreads review by nathan on August 21, 2024

Major thanks to NetGalley and Knopf for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts: *3.75 It's too much poetry in one go. It's literally her life's work as a poet. But you can always count on Atwood when it comes to musings on love, death, the primal perspective, and nature. You......more

Goodreads review by Keely on October 03, 2024

Margaret Atwood may be best known as a fiction writer, captivating readers with her richly imagined dystopian story worlds. But she also did a fair share of world building as a steadily publishing poet over a writing career spanning six decades. Paper Boat gathers highlights from across that impress......more

Goodreads review by Nathaniel on December 16, 2024

My recommendation for this collection is to get your own copy so you can read it slowly over months (or even years), but the hardcover is so expensive and most people (like me) will probably end up getting it from the library and end up reading it in a week or so. I didn't think about how much poetr......more

Goodreads review by ☀︎El In Oz☀︎ on December 21, 2024

4/5 Wow!! Margaret Atwood shows her talent in this poetry collection, I can say that much. 600+ pages of some absolutely breathtaking poems. I will admit that she sort of lost me in the last 40%….. I don’t think I’m the biggest fan of her new style. That being said, I found some new all time favourit......more

Quotes

“Trenchant, poignant, archly funny, lacerating, and formally fluent, Atwood’s incandescent poems address the timeless and the now, the wild and the cultivated, the radiant and the tragic. A prodigious literary treasure.”
—Booklist, starred

“A grand showcase. . . . [Paper Boat] is classic Atwood—conversational, nearly insouciant, yet with a fierceness of perception and conviction that cuts to the bone. . . . Essential for any serious poetry collection.”
—Library Journal, starred

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