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Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin

Words Are My Matter

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the most influential writers of science fiction and fantasy in the world. She’s been publishing since the 1960s and is still going strong. I grew up on Le Guin. My mom read the Earthsea books to me when I was a kid recovering from surgery in the hospital, and after that same surgery I tried to read The Eye of the Heron , The Dispossessed , and The Left Hand … Continue reading Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin

Reading Le Guin

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Ursula K. Le Guin is a writer who truly changed the world. Starting in the late 1960s, she created fantasy outside of the usual white male-dominated stories, pushing the genre through the years to be more diverse and more feminist. Her stories challenge concepts about gender, and her public activism has focused on human rights, a healthy environment, a free and thriving press and arts, and egalitarianism. Getting started with a writer like Le Guin … Continue reading Reading Le Guin