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Mushrooms
by Margaret Atwood

Under the Thumb: How I Became a Poet
In this article, Margaret Atwood describes how she came of age both as a woman and a writer, and she begins the "official version" of her autobiography with a series of humorous non-truths. If you could reinvent yourself, what would you change? Write a tongue-in-cheek autobiographical anecdote in which you alter your own personal history.

 


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