"Delectably astringent. . . . These succinct, acridly funny pieces. . . deliver a heady punch." –Los Angeles Times
"She has a cool wit, sometimes brutally satirical, always entertaining, and serious to the bone." –Katherine Dunn, The Oregonian
"Atwood's sentences have more bounce and boogie than those of most twentysomethings.... And although these stories take many forms, from extended metaphor to anecdote, from poem to gag, they are all very much to do with the life and opinions of Margaret Atwood." –
The Times (London)
"The Tent exposes the nuts and bolts of the tortuous creative process....The book powerfully exhibits the human consciousness in conversation with itself, struggling to establish a voice amid the cacophony." –The Observer
