Francesca Lia Block vs. Margaret Atwood
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Francesca Lia Block
1962 – present
Francesca Lia Block is an American writer of adult and young-adult literature. She is best known for writing the Weetzie Bat series, which she began while a student at UC Berkeley.
"I want him to see the flowers in my eyes and hear the songs in my hands."
Margaret Atwood
1939 – present
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.
"I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary."