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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »
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The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

by Ursula K Le Guin

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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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A new collection of engaging and diverse nonfiction writings from the beloved, award-winning author--talks and essays at the crossroads of literature, feminism, social critique, and creative vision.
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ISBN:
9781590300060
Subtitle:
Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
Author:
Le Guin, Ursula K
Author:
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Author:
Guin, Ursula K. Le
Publisher:
Shambhala Publications
Location:
Boston
Subject:
General
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Authorship
Subject:
Science fiction -- Authorship.
Subject:
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
no. 4
Publication Date:
February 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
898x624x84 97
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