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Margaret Atwood joins\xa0Kevin Young\xa0to read \u201cA Stranger,\u201d by Saeed Jones, and her own poem \u201cFlatline.\u201d Atwood, a prolific poet and novelist, is known for brilliant books such as \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d and \u201cThe Blind Assassin.\u201d Her many distinctions include the Los Angeles\xa0Times\xa0Innovator\u2019s Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, the\xa0pen\xa0Center U.S.A.\u2019s lifetime-achievement award, and not one but two Booker Prizes, most recently for \u201cThe Testaments.\u201d \u201cDearly,\u201d her first collection of poetry in more than a decade, came out in November.