AP Spotlight Trump victory renews interest in 'The Handmaid's Tale' and other fictional dystopias By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Nov 8, 2024 Nov 8, 2024 Updated May 14, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — "The Handmaid's Tale" is selling again.kAm$:?46 !C6D:56?E\6=64E s@?2=5 %CF>A 4=:?4965 9:D C6EFC? E@ E96 (9:E6 w@FD6[ |2C82C6E pEH@@5VD 5JDE@A:2? 4=2DD:4 23@FE 2 4@F?ECJ :? H9:49 H@>6? 2C6 3CFE2==J C6AC6DD65 92D 366? 9:89 @? E96 k2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^p>2K@?]4@>Qmp>2K@?]4@>k^2m 36DE D6==6C =:DE] Q%96 w2?5>2:5VD %2=6Q H2D A@AF=2C E9C@F89@FE %CF>AVD 7:CDE E6C>[ 2=@?8 H:E9 DF49 52C< 7FEFC:DE:4 ?2CC2E:G6D 2D v6@C86 ~CH6==VD Q`hgcQ 2?5 #2J qC253FCJVD Qu29C6?96:E cd`[Q 3@E9 @7 H9:49 H6C6 :? E96 p>2K@? E@A c_ 2D @7 %9FCD52J 27E6C?@@?] p?@E96C 36DE\D6==6C 7C@> %CF>AVD AC6G:@FD E:>6 :? @77:46[ %:>@E9J $?J56CVD Q~? %JC2??Ji %H6?EJ {6DD@?D 7C@> E96 %H6?E:6E9 r6?EFCJ[Q H2D :? E96 E@A `_]k^Am kAm!C@\%CF>A 3@@<D 2=D@ H6C6 D6==:?8 H6==] u@C>6C 7:CDE =25J |6=2?:2 %CF>AVD >6>@:C[ Q|6=2?:2[Q H2D }@] ` @? E96 p>2K@? =:DE[ 2?5 ':46 !C6D:56?E\6=64E ys '2?46VD Qw:==3:==J t=68JQ H2D :? E96 E@A `_] s@?2=5 %CF>AVD A9@E@ 3@@< Q$2G6 p>6C:42Q H2D :? E96 E@A b_]k^Am People are also reading… Franklin County leaned overwhelmingly against redistricting as vote passed statewide Products at 3 Rocky Mount vape shops seized for possibly illegal THC amounts Franklin County man sentenced in fatal Henry County crash Rocky Mount keeps tax rates level, but service rates will increase Franklin County residents push back on proposed tax increases, zoning changes Virginia voters narrowly pass redistricting referendum Madison Warner, daughter of Sen. Mark Warner, dies at age 36 Single-vehicle wreck kills 18-year-old in Franklin County Franklin County School Board expels 4-day school week proposal Judge reinstates Martinsville's mayor, delays hearing Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax fatally shot wife before taking own life, police say Why Franklin County increased its real estate tax by 4 cents Osprey races, Earth Day cleanup set for Smith Mountain Lake State Park Pentagon fired US Navy Secretary John Phelan, source says Virginia budget leaders look for $1.6 billion from data centers kAmpE q2C?6D U2>Aj }@3=6[ Qu:4E:@? 2?5 ?@?\7:4E:@? 3@@<D E92E 762EFC6 72D4:D>[ 76>:?:D>[ 5JDE@A:2? H@C=5D 2?5 3@E9 C:89E\2?5\=67E =62?:?8 A@=:E:4D C@4<6E65 FA @FC D2=6D 492CED H:E9 E96 6=64E:@? C6DF=ED[Q 244@C5:?8 E@ $92??@? s6':E@[ E96 492:?VD 5:C64E@C @7 3@@<D] $96 4:E65 Q|6=2?:2[Q Q~? %JC2??JQ 2?5 q@3 (@@5H2C5VD =2E6DE[ Q(2C[Q H9:49 4@G6CD E96 C6DA@?D6D @7 %CF>A 2?5 !C6D:56?E y@6 q:56? E@ E96 4@?7=:4ED :? &<C2:?6 2?5 E96 |:55=6 t2DE]k^Am kAms6':E@ 2=D@ 4:E65 Q2 >2DD:G6 3F>A :? 5JDE@A:2? 7:4E:@?[Q ?@E23=J 7@C Q%96 w2?5>2:5VD %2=6Q 2?5 Q`hgc]Qk^Am Nation & World Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations AYANNA ALEXANDER, ALI SWENSON and GARY FIELDS Associated Press Elections Historic election wins: 2 Black women in Senate at same time, House to get first trans member AARON MORRISON Associated Press Nation & World Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press 0 comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story A record 13 women will be governors next year after New Hampshire elected Kelly Ayotte A record 13 women will serve as governor next year after the election of New Hampshire Republican Kelly Ayotte, breaking the record set in 2023. Judge delays ruling on whether to dismiss Trump's conviction in hush money case A judge is postponing a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money case because of a U.S. Supreme… British writer Samantha Harvey's space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction Harvey beat five other finalists from Canada, the U.S., Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by publishers. Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control have surged across the nation as well since Donald Trump was ele… Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1." According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in Washington. 'Manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after election An emboldened fringe of right-wing “manosphere” influencers has seized on Donald Trump’s presidential win to justify and amplify misogynistic …
Nation & World Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations AYANNA ALEXANDER, ALI SWENSON and GARY FIELDS Associated Press
Elections Historic election wins: 2 Black women in Senate at same time, House to get first trans member AARON MORRISON Associated Press
Nation & World Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press
A record 13 women will be governors next year after New Hampshire elected Kelly Ayotte A record 13 women will serve as governor next year after the election of New Hampshire Republican Kelly Ayotte, breaking the record set in 2023.
Judge delays ruling on whether to dismiss Trump's conviction in hush money case A judge is postponing a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money case because of a U.S. Supreme…
British writer Samantha Harvey's space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction Harvey beat five other finalists from Canada, the U.S., Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by publishers.
Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control have surged across the nation as well since Donald Trump was ele…
Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1." According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in Washington.
'Manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after election An emboldened fringe of right-wing “manosphere” influencers has seized on Donald Trump’s presidential win to justify and amplify misogynistic …
