Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books Contributor(s): Le Guin, Ursula K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0358212103 ISBN-13: 9780358212102 Publisher: Harper Perennial
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | Speeches - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 818.540 |
LCCN: 2019013133 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (0.57 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: A collection of essays on life and literature, from one of the most iconic authors and astute critics in contemporary letters. Words Are My Matter is essential reading: a collection of talks, essays, and criticism by Ursula K. Le Guin, a literary legend and unparalleled voice of our social conscience. Here she investigates the depth and breadth of contemporary fiction--and, through the lens of literature, gives us a way of exploring the world around us. In "Freedom," Le Guin notes: "Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now ... to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We'll need writers who can remember freedom--poets, visionaries--realists of a larger reality." Le Guin was one of those authors and in Words Are My Matter she gives us just that: a vision of a better reality, fueled by the power and might and hope of language and literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Le Guin, Ursula K.: - URSULA K. LE GUIN was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929, and passed away in Portland, Oregon, in 2018. She published over sixty books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, children's literature, and translation. She was the recipient of a National Book Award, six Hugo and five Nebula awards, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. |
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