1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazettegazetteimporthttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazetteimport/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UZWXeyzB6F"><a href="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/11/how-atwood-became-a-writer/">How Atwood became a writer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/11/how-atwood-became-a-writer/embed/#?secret=UZWXeyzB6F" width="600" height="338" title="“How Atwood became a writer” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="UZWXeyzB6F" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://dev.news.harvard.edu/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Margaret Atwood, the recipient of the 2000 Booker Prize for her novel The Blind Assassin, will speak at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on Monday, Nov. 19, as part of the Deans Lecture Series. Atwood will deliver her talk, How I Became a Writer, at 4 p.m. at the First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St., in Cambridge. The event is free and open to the public. Atwood will sign copies of The Blind Assassin at a reception immediately following the lecture. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2001/11/atwood-11.jpg