Siren Song, by Margaret Atwood

• What are you currently reading?

Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood. I tried this once before and gave up because I was not in the mood for a terrible person in a terrible situation, whose memories of "happier times" are even worse, and whose future does not look promising. I am reading it now for book group but I am still not in that mood.

I have loved other things written by Margaret Atwood, so I don't know why this is so very not for me. Hypothesis: I do not like science fiction written by people who claim they don't write science fiction. Yeah, I didn't like The Handmaid's Tale much either. I would like to test this hypothesis. Can you suggest other works of science fiction whose authors claim they are not science fiction?

• What did you recently finish reading?

I've browsed through several poetry books, but have not read any cover-to-cover.

• What do you think you’ll read next?

Back to Multiplication is for White People.


I love this poem.