The Wave in the Mind: Talks & Essays on the Writer, the Reader & the Imagination
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 Mind ...
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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 Mind includes 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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781590300060 (1590300068)
ASIN: 1590300068
Publish date: February 17th 2004
Publisher: Shambhala
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Reference,
Language,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Anthologies,
Feminism
How the heck did I not know this book existed? *adds to to-read list*
This is a collection of essays and talks on writing, stories, literacy, oral traditions, and UKL's approach to the craft of writing. I found it really interesting. She's so intelligent and real. She's a great person, I think. I feel related to her and would love to be like her. To me her storie...
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