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On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, @premeemohamed.com reads "Petty Expectations," a two-part blog post in which Ursula discusses "Critical Expectation: Genre and 'Literary' Fiction" and "Reader Expectation and the Young Adult Fantasy."

inyoursparetime.libsyn.comIn Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Premee Mohamed reads "Petty Expectations"Premee Mohamed reads post 25, "Petty Expectations," from June 4, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Premee's website is

"What is beautiful in a good novel hasn’t strayed in accidentally. Beauty in the novel is bone-deep, essential. Everything in a good story or novel is essential." You can read the original post here:

ursulakleguin.comUrsula K. Le Guin — 25. Petty ExpectationsPart One. Critical Expectation: Genre and “Literary” Fiction I’ve been pondering, tracing connections, wondering about expectations. The first object of my brooding is a pair of sentences from a boo...

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