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9781590300060

The Wave in the Mind Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

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    9781590300060

  • ISBN10:

    1590300068

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-02-17
  • Publisher: Shambhala
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Summary

Join Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women's shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary craftsmanship, she offers a diverse and highly engaging set of readings.The Wave in the Mindincludes some of Le Guin's finest literary criticism, rare autobiographical writings, performance art pieces, and, most centrally, her reflections on the arts of writing and reading.

Author Biography

Ursula K. Le Guin is the winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Gandalf, Kafka, and National Book Awards. She is the author of many short stories and more than fifteen novels, including The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, and the Earthsea Cycle. She is also an honored author of children's books, poetry, and criticism.

Table of Contents

PERSONAL MATTERS
Introducing Myself
3(5)
Being Taken for Granite
8(2)
Indian Uncles
10(10)
My Libraries
20(4)
My Island
24(4)
On the Frontier
28(5)
READINGS
All Happy Families
33(5)
Things Not Actually Present: On The Book of Fantasy and J. L. Borges
38(8)
Reading Young, Reading Old: Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve
46(11)
Thinking about Cordwainer Smith
57(13)
Stress-Rhythm in Poetry and Prose
70(25)
Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings
95(13)
The Wilderness Within: The Sleeping Beauty and "The Poacher"
108(9)
Off the Page: Loud Cows: A Talk and a Poem about Reading Aloud
117(10)
DISCUSSIONS AND OPINIONS
Fact and/or/plus Fiction
127(14)
Award and Gender
141(11)
On Genetic Determinism
152(8)
About Feet
160(3)
Dogs, Cats, and Dancers: Thoughts about Beauty
163(8)
Collectors, Rhymesters, and Drummers
171(14)
Telling Is Listening
185(21)
The Operating Instructions
206(5)
"A War without End"
211(12)
ON WRITING
A Matter of Trust
223(12)
The Writer and the Character
235(5)
Unquestioned Assumptions
240(10)
Prides: An Essay on Writing Workshops
250(11)
The Question I Get Asked Most Often
261(22)
Old Body Not Writing
283(6)
The Writer on, and at, Her Work
289(14)
Credits 303

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