Writing with Intent

{{Short description|Collection of essays by Margaret Atwood}}

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| author = Margaret Atwood

| isbn = 9780786715350

| pub_date = March 18, 2005

| publisher = Basic Books

| language = English

| genre = Literary Collection

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Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose—1983–2005 (2006) is a collection of essays by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The book includes accounts of the author's experiences as a young woman becoming a writer; many reviews of films and books; obituaries, and a long essay criticizing the Iraq War.{{Cite book |last=Atwood |first=Margaret |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWgqMLAsZX4C |title=Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose, 1983-2005 |date=2005 |publisher=Carroll & Graf Publishers |isbn=978-0-7867-1535-0 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hartnett |first=Kimberly Marlowe |date=2005-05-08 |title="Writing with Intent": A wealth of talent on a breadth of subjects |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/writing-with-intent-a-wealth-of-talent-on-a-breadth-of-subjects/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}