“Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.”—Margaret Atwood One of the most prolific and well-known Canadian novelists of all time, Margaret Atwood is also a poet, essayist, literary critic,...
My dad dated a stupid girl, and one night at a movie, she outdid herself. As the credits roll, she asks my dad a question so dumb, he’s never forgotten it.