I’ve decided to dive into the world of Ursula Le Guin’s children’s books! Wow, that writer is amazing! Some of her stories have brought me to tears (“Fire and Stone”) and others have lit up my heart. Children’s books are such a wonderful way to connect with the “self,” and Le Guin’s technology for that purpose is especially unique.
I specifically want to highlight the book titled, “Tom Mouse,” as it encapsulates a #posthuman mindset very well. It also might be my new favorite story, it’s just unique and amazing in wonderful ways! This is a colorful story where diverse beings come together to bring more joy to each other’s lives. It gives voice to marginalized populations including mice, moons, stars, humans of diverse color, age, gender. An excellent example of #DEI
Soon, The Language of the Night will be available once again! Ursula's 1979 collection of essays will be reissued by Scribner on May 14th, with a new introduction from author Ken Liu.
"All the same, I agree with my reviewer that I don’t write hard science fiction. Maybe I write easy science fiction. Or maybe the hard stuff’s inside, hidden — like bones, as opposed to an exoskeleton.…"
Kristen Patterson writes beautifully about Emily Wilson’s new translation of the Iliad and the controversies surrounding it. She contends with the continuing appeal of Ancient Greece as an artifact of “past glory”, arriving (via LeGuin!!!) to the lasting meaning we find in these stories. Meaning which Wilson’s more accessible translation brings out.
Mae “Tehanu” #UrsulaLeGuin ar lefel gwahanol i weddill llyfrau Earthsea, mewn ffordd dda. Unwaith eto, dw i’n difaru peidio ei darllen cyn hyn, ond yn falch mod i wedi’i chyrraedd yn y pen draw.
'you cannot buy the revolution. you cannot make the revolution. you can only be the revolution. it is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.' #art#history#inktober: what can i tell you about this powerhouse human? you already know that ursula le guin was a pioneering science fiction writer whose works incorporated #feminism, #anarchism, #race & gender fluidity - & she expanded upon these themes across five decades. #ursulaLeGuin#sciFi#literature#illustration#portrait#oregon
One thing i am always struck by as an anthropologist: so much of what we need now already exists outside capitalist modernity- it doesn’t all have to be newly invented. Am wrtiing a paper about this just now in fact! #RegenerativeAnthropology
Light is the left hand of darkness,
And darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
Together like lovers in kemmer,
Like hands joined together,
Like the end and the way.
Been meaning to read Always Coming Home for some time following a recommendation elsewhere and finally got through it. They weren't wrong - it is stunning.
Expect to be picking this up repeatedly - there is so much to take on board.
A new piece for #FutureNatures where I think about Ursula Le Guin's story 'She Unnames Them' and other themes of naming and renaming in Le Guin's work. It's about the naming process involved in natural science, and how that differs from the way people name things in every day life. And it's about who has the power to name stuff and who might decide to unname and rename it.