Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin

@ursulakleguin.com

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate. https://www.ursulakleguin.com/

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Pip Adam
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It's absolutely impossible to express how much this means and how unbelievable it seems.

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Congratulations to Pip Adam, recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Audition!

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The selectors said: "Audition is an ambitious and original book about many things: the carceral state, dehumanization, memory and, perhaps above all, forgiveness as a way forward. ... An astonishing and ultimately joyful work.”

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Tomorrow!

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On Wednesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—please join us as we announce the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! The announcement will be on YouTube at 9 am Pacific time. www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

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On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time—out a day early!—Becky Chambers reads "It Doesn't Have to Be the Way It Is." Becky says, "This post is, for me, one of those pieces of writing that roots yourself in your head the moment you read it and never lets go."

inyoursparetime.libsyn.comIn Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Becky Chambers reads "It Doesn’t Have To Be the Way It Is"Becky Chambers reads post 28, "It Doesn’t Have To Be the Way It Is," from June of 2011. You can read the original post here: Becky's website is  

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David Naimon
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Lidia Yuknavitch joined me at @powells.bsky.social to celebrate the reissue of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. We talk about how both our lives and writing lives have intersected with Ursula's & much more Audio🔉: milkweed.org/between-the-... @ursulakleguin.com @lidiamiles.bsky.social

milkweed.orgMilkweed Live: Ursula K. Le Guin Conversations on Writing with David Naimon & Lidia Yuknavitch | Milkweed EditionsUrsula K. Le Guin titled her introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing “Fear and Loathing in the Interview,” and in it she said: “The good interview is like a good badminton rally…

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Kelly Sue DeConnick
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An unbelievable honor.

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This week on In Your Spare Time, writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (@kellysue.bsky.social) reads "Exercises," and tells three stories about her encounters with Ursula and her work

inyoursparetime.libsyn.comIn Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Kelly Sue DeConnick reads "Exercises"Kelly Sue DeConnick reads post 27, "Exercises," from June 24, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: You can find Kelly Sue online at 
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🌟 The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (Tor Books) 🌟 Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (Tor Books) 🌟 Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (DAW Books) 🌟 One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed (Psychopomp) 🌟 Slow Gods by Claire North (Orbit)

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The nine books on this year's shortlist: 🌟 Audition by Pip Adam (Coffee House Press) 🌟 Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press) 🌟 Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (Neon Hemlock) 🌟 Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin) (cont.)

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David Naimon
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I've been a longtime reader of Diana Arterian's LitHub column, The Annotated Nightstand, so it was a thrill to be invited to participate. I hope you enjoy it! lithub.com/the-annotate... @literaryhub.bsky.social @ursulakleguin.com @tinhouse.bsky.social

lithub.comThe Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and NextIf you read this column at, you have caught me referencing the incredible literary podcast Between the Covers. It’s a delight to have its host, the inimitable David Naimon, as a guest to celebrate …

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Kelly Sue DeConnick
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An absolute honor. (And incredibly intimidating!)

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This week on In Your Spare Time, writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (@kellysue.bsky.social) reads "Exercises," and tells three stories about her encounters with Ursula and her work

inyoursparetime.libsyn.comIn Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Kelly Sue DeConnick reads "Exercises"Kelly Sue DeConnick reads post 27, "Exercises," from June 24, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: You can find Kelly Sue online at 
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On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, Amanda Nelson—historian and host of Amanda's Mild Takes—reads Ursula's June 2011 post "Against Eisenhower." "I have felt for a long time that Eisenhower’s election (in 1952, defeating Adlai Stevenson in a landslide) was a cross-roads," Ursula writes.

inyoursparetime.libsyn.comIn Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Amanda Nelson reads "Against Eisenhower"Amanda Nelson reads post 26, "Against Eisenhower," from June 12, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Amanda's website is

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Anushree Nande
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In case you missed it. My chat with @davidnaimon.bsky.social for @therumpus.net. therumpus.net/2026/09/28/n...

therumpus.netNothing is Too Small to Contain the World: A Conversation with David Naimon - The RumpusConversations on Writing does touch on how these big impossible questions can be found within the smallest choices we make as writers, within syntax, voice, point of view, and narrative. And the gestu...
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The new edition of Conversations On Writing is out today!

zandoprojects.comUrsula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (Hardcover)A definitive collection of reflections on writing from Ursula K. Le Guin, now available in a refreshed edition. Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction,…
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🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 In Notes from a Regicide—a multilayered history of two generations of trans characters in the distant future—Isaac Fellman’s intimate narrative twines around art, revolution, disability, love, history, and change.

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Ancillary Review of Books
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Shortlist discussion time! @chloroformtea.bsky.social returns for the 2026 Le Guin Prize list: 9 of the most interesting speculative fiction books from last year. Lots of opinions, comparisons, and thoughts on what constitutes "Le Guin-y-ness". Listen before the winner is announced Oct. 21!

ancillaryreviewofbooks.orgA Meal of Thorns 60- 2026 UKLG List with Roseanna PendleburyOnly in its 5th year of operation, the Le Guin Fiction prize has already become something of a critical darling, with very interesting shortlists and winners that rarely overlap with other genre aw…
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🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Hiron Ennes's maximalist, visceral story of revolution explores resistance, repression, cycles of violence, and the way art and culture are the materials of social change—but can also be key to the consolidation of power.

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Premee Mohamed
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Aaaaaa everybody go listen (I am SO happy I got to pick this blog post, this was the one I wanted the MOST and I was on the road and wasn't able to pick mine for several days and it was STILL THERE) I hope the audio is OK, I had FILE SHENANIGANS

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If you are not yet listening to the podcast of authors reading Ursula Le Guin's blog entries, start with this week's episode read by @premeemohamed.com - I especially enjoyed it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

podcasts.apple.comPremee Mohamed reads "Petty Expectations"Podcast Episode · In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin · September 30 · 18m
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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
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"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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“Wells's Worlds” is Ursula's introduction to Selected Stories of H.G. Wells, published by Modern Library in 2004. The introduction also appears in Words Are My Matter.