Margaret Atwood has responded to the threat of book burning with a very literal solution: she made The Handmaid's Tale "unburnable." The author is auctioning off a very special edition of the story in protest of the rise of book bans across the country. Featured Videos Samuel L. Jackson joins the “Garfield” movie 02:16 Now playing Sheryl Lee Ralph Reflects on “Abbott Elementary” and “Dreamgirls” Yesterday 6:01PM 01:00 Now playing Leslie Jones to star in animated series Monday 7:13PM Penguin Random House announced the auction with a dramatic video in which the 82-year-old writer wields a flamethrower against her novel that's In a statement (via The Guardian ), the Penguin Random House said, "Across the United States and around the world, books are being challenged, banned and even burned. So we created a special edition of a book that's been challenged and banned for decades." The publishing company described the new printing as "designed to protect this vital story and stand as a powerful symbol against censorship." Advertisement "I never thought I'd be trying to burn one of my own books… and failing. The Handmaid's Tale has been banned many times—sometimes by whole countries, such as Portugal and Spain in… Read full this story
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