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Margaret Atwood to write sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Margaret Atwood to write sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale”

BY CAROLINE MAO ’22

In November 2018, Margaret Atwood announced that she would be releasing a sequel to her 1985 novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” in September 2019. The sequel, entitled “The Testaments,” has no connection to the Hulu television adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” It follows three female narrators from Gilead, a dystopian America, and is set 15 years after the first novel.

MoHo students tackle NaNoWriMo

MoHo students tackle NaNoWriMo

BY DEANNA KALIAN ’20

“I have a history of dragging friends into questionable endeavors,” explained Chris Baty, the creator of National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. “And NaNoWriMo was one of many self-improvement schemes that began with me saying ‘What if we all got together and….’”