Sarah Polley and Margaret Atwood in conversation

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Sarah Polley is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor whose films include AWAY FROM HER and TAKE THIS WALTZ. In her new essay collection RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER, Polley contemplates stories from her own life ranging from stage fright to high-risk childbirth to endangerment and more. In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in one’s body, in a constant state of becoming, learning, and changing. Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. Her award-winning work includes THE HANDMAID'S TALE, CAT'S EYE, and ALIAS GRACE. In her new essay collection BURNING QUESTIONS, Atwood offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from debt and tech to the climate crisis and freedom and the importance of how to define granola. Join us now for this fascinating conversation between authors Sarah Polley and Margaret Atwood.