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Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant, Live
November 1, 2023·1 hr 19 min·5 clips
Margaret Atwood describes Mavis Gallant's traumatic convent school experience at age four.
As heard by us
Atwood reads Gallant's "Varieties of Exile" with a cool ear for family myth, social comedy, and disappointment.
Margaret Atwood reads Mavis Gallant's "Varieties of Exile," a 1976 New Yorker story, in the podcast's first episode recorded before a live audience. The pleasure is in Gallant's dry precision.
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