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Tag Archives: Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin: Is Gender Necessary? Redux
“Is Gender Necessary?” first appeared in Aurora, that splendid first anthology of science fiction written by women, edited by Susan Anderson and Vonda N. McIntyre. It was later included in The Language of the Night. Even then I was getting uncomfortable with some of … Continue reading
Ursula K. Le Guin: A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be
A reflection on the desire for utopia, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Introduction to “A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place To Be” John Clark Fifth Estate # 382, Spring, 2010 Ursula Le Guin’s works typically recount the story … Continue reading
Ursula K. Le Guin: A story of the underside of revolution
What is an anarchist? One who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice. She had never feared or despised the city. It was her country. There would not be slums like this, if the Revolution prevailed. But there would be misery. … Continue reading
For Ursula K. Le Guin
A Few Words to a Young Writer: Socrates said, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn’t talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking … Continue reading
For/from Ursula K. Le Guin
A writer speaks above all for themselves. We thus share the words of the anarchist writer Ursula K. Le Guin, a story, a story of rebellion as departure, self-withdrawal from oppression …
Ursula k. Le Guin: A War Without End
From Jacobin Magazine (26/01/2018) Some thoughts, written down at intervals, about oppression, revolution, and imagination. Slavery My country came together in one revolution and was nearly broken by another. The first revolution was a protest against galling, stupid, but relatively mild social … Continue reading →