Posts tagged ursula k. le guin

Changing the Word, Changing the World with Ursula K. Le Guin

davidnaimon:

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You can’t restructure society without restructuring the English language, says today’s guest Ursula K. Le Guin.  Not surprisingly her craft book engages class, race, gender, capitalism, and morality, but through the mechanics of language, an interrogation of grammar, punctuation, tense, and point of view.  Newly revised and rewritten for the 21st century writer of fiction and memoir, we talk about Le Guin’s latest book, Steering The Craft.  You can listen to the conversation here.

8 years ago

nprbooks:

I think we can all agree that Ursula K. Le Guin is pretty much THE BEST. She had a lovely conversation this weekend with Scott Simon about the craft of writing, getting old, and why she probably won’t write another book – if you missed it, you can check it out here.

– Petra

8 years ago
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
Ursula K. Le Guin (via writingquotes)
9 years ago
Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven (via larmoyante)
9 years ago