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Arwen Curry
WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing and Parenting with Her Husband, Charles
“All this is completely contingent upon the fact that we brought up the kids together.”
By
Arwen Curry
| October 18, 2023
WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Writing Process
“I am not one of those writers that hates writing.”
By
Arwen Curry
| October 11, 2023
WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Characters of Color
“Most of the fantasies I read as a child, all the good guys were white.”
By
Arwen Curry
| October 4, 2023
WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Creating the World of Earthsea
“Obviously, to me, words do make magic.”
By
Arwen Curry
| September 27, 2023
WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Fantasy as a Young Girl
“I was free in a way that I think it’s always been rare for a child to be free.”
By
Arwen Curry
| September 20, 2023
WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Her Illegal Abortion in 1950
“I beg you to see what it is that we must save, and not to let the bigots and misogynists
take it away from us again.”
By
Arwen Curry
| September 13, 2023
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