''Wilderness Tips'' is a collection of
short stories by
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...
, published in 1991 by
McClelland and Stewart. It was a finalist for the
Governor General's Award. Certain stories were previously published in ''
The New Yorker'', ''
Saturday Night'', ''
Playboy'', ''
Harper's'' and ''
Vogue''.
Several of the stories are fictionalized portrayals of Atwood's contemporaries in
Canadian literature. The mysterious poet Selena in "Isis in Darkness" is based on
Gwendolyn MacEwen, and the journalist Marcia in "Hack Wednesday" is based on
June Callwood.
Brian Busby
Brian John Busby (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian literary historian and anthologist. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he attended John Abbott College and Concordia University. Busby began his writing career writing daytime soap operas and ...
, ''Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit''. . One story, "Uncles", prompted a feud between Atwood and
Robert Fulford, who claimed to have been the model for the character Percy Marrow, described in the story as a "peeled potato with a little tuft of fuzz on top".
Contents
* "True Trash"
* "Hairball"
* "Isis in Darkness"
* "The Bog Man"
* "Death by Landscape"
* "Uncles"
* "The Age of Lead"
* "Weight"
* "Wilderness Tips"
* "Hack Wednesday"
Notes
External links
''NYT'' Review (1991)
1991 short story collections
Short story collections by Margaret Atwood
McClelland & Stewart books
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