Author Archives: Ursula K. Le Guin

About Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin is a founding member of Book View Cafe. Her recent books include The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories and Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems: 1960-2010. She contributed an original poem, “In England in the Fifties,” to Book View Café’s anthology Breaking Waves. King Dog: A Screenplay for the Mind's Eye and Music and Poetry of the Kesh, music by Todd Barton, words by Ursula K. Le Guin, an MP3 collection, are available in the Book View Cafe ebookstore.

Why Your Library May Not Have the E-Book You Want

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

by Ursula K. Le Guin While most small presses sell all their books freely and happily to libraries, the “Big Five” publishers continue to be terrified by the idea of letting public libraries have their e-books, and to punish libraries … Continue reading →


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La Guantanamera

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

by Ursula K. Le Guin After the Boston Marathon bombing people kept talking about Americans standing together, standing tall. I didn’t understand. Americans grieving together, bowing down in sorrow together — I could understand that. We needed to mourn together … Continue reading →


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The Rehearsal

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

by Ursula K. Le Guin Sitting in on a rehearsal is a strange experience for the author of the book the play is based on. Words you heard in your mind’s ear forty years ago in a small attic room … Continue reading →


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Accidental Discovery

Posted on March 25, 2013 by
Ursula K. Le Guin -- Photo by Marian Wood Kolisch

The argument for real books against virtual books is often based on the thingness of the real book — the beauty of the binding, the pleasure of handsome design and typesetting, the sensuality of turning a paper page, the pride … Continue reading →


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The Trouble

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

The Trouble (Annals of Pard: V) by Ursula K. Le Guin I’ve never had a cat before who directly challenged me. I don’t look for much obedience from a cat; the relationship isn’t based on rank or a dominance hierarchy … Continue reading →


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Kidnapped

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

You know those poor orphans starving in the snow on your doorstep that Google wants to put to work for Corpocracy Inc? Well, the Brits are after them too. Parliament is considering an “enterprise regulatory reform” bill containing extremely permissive … Continue reading →


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A Much-Needed Literary Award

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

I first learned about the Sartre Prize from “NB,” the reliably enjoyable last page of the London Times Literary Supplement, signed by J.C. The fame of the award, named for the writer who refused the Nobel in 1964, is or … Continue reading →


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An Attempt to Think as a Free Thinker

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

With thousands of devout Muslims protesting the enforced Muslimization of their government in Egypt, and since thousands of sincere Christians refused Tea Party pressure to Christianize our government, I need to think about whether I am actually opposed to organised … Continue reading →


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Pard and the Poets

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Pard and the Poets (Annals of Pard: IV) by Ursula K. Le Guin Six poets came to my house yesterday afternoon for the monthly meeting of our poetry group. There should have been eight of us in all, but alas … Continue reading →


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Catching up with Pard

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Catching up with Pard (Annals of Pard: III) by Ursula K. Le Guin Not that I ever will… But it’s getting on to a year since we went to the Humane Society and came home with seven pounds of cat. … Continue reading →


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