The Tent (Atwood book)
The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, The Tent has been characterized as an “experimental” collection of “fictional essays" or “mini-fictions.” The work also incorporates line drawings by Atwood.

The collection features themes familiar in Atwood’s works, including a feminist portrayal of “national” childhood, the burdens of fame, and the reworking of Classical mythology.

Several of the pieces included in The Tent were previously published to benefit a variety of organizations, the royalties being donated to the World Wildlife Federation, the Indian Ocean Tsunami Earthquake Charities, the Hay-On-Wye Festival in Wales, and the Harbourfront Reading Series in Toronto.

The pieces in the book are:

 The War in the Bathroom
 The Man from Mars
 Polarities
 Under Glass
 The Grave of the Famous Poet
 Rape Fantasies
 Hair Jewllery
 When It Happens
 A Travel Piece
 The Resplendent Quetzal
 Training
 Lives of the Poets
 Dancing Grils
 Giving Birth