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The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction: With Introduction by Donna Haraway | Ursula K. Le Guin

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Interesting and thought-provoking essay by Ursula K. Le Guin which deserves a PICK but accompanied by a foreword by Donna Haraway that I didn't understand at all and would have been a BAIL if it hadn't been so short.

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So Far, So Good: Poems 2014-2018 | Ursula K. Le Guin

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I had no idea Le Guin also wrote poetry! I should have known. The woman who wrote The Rule of Names would obviously have a deep understanding of the power of words. So glad I‘ve discovered this last collection because now I can work my way backwards.

Also, if I could tattoo the entirety of After the Death of Orpheus on my skin, I would. #TheSealeyChallenge 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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Ursula K. Le Guin: Annals of the Western Shore (LOA #335): Gifts / Voices / Powers | Ursula K. Le Guin

This review is for “Gifts.“ Gifts is the first book in a trilogy completed by Le Guin towards the end of her career. It tells of bordering domains in the Uplands, ruled by brantors, some benevolent & some cruel. The brantors have hereditary powers (the Gifts of the title) which they use in practical ways & to also protect their lands, I really liked this initial entry; as with other LeGuin the world is immersive & convincing without pages (CONT)

vivastory of exposition & infodumps. As with her other works, LeGuin is interested in exploring philosophical concepts alongside interesting characters. This is described as YA, but to me didn't really read as such, I will definitely be reading the other entries. 11mo

TheBookHippie I need to revisit her writings again. 11mo

vivastory @TheBookHippie Any personal favorites? 11mo

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TheBookHippie Left hand of Darkness & No time to Spare. Oh and Woman in the Edge of Time. When I was a teen they were so dark and soothing to me 😵‍💫 lots of heavy things but written so very well. I‘ve had good discussions with these books about feminism and gender. They are very thought provoking. 11mo

vivastory @TheBookHippie Ive only read two of the ones you listed: No Time to Spare & Left Hand etc I really like NTTS & LOVED Left Hand etc There are certain scenes in Left Hand that I still think of years later 11mo

TheBookHippie @vivastory I agree. Her writing sticks with you. 11mo

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The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction: With Introduction by Donna Haraway | Ursula K. Le Guin

“I would go so far as to say that the natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. They bear meanings. A novel is a medicine bundle, holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us.“

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