Name: The Wave in the Mind
ISBN: 9780834825635

Ursula K. Le Guin

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.

Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

The Wave in the Mind

Olja Lijeskić

Children brought up in great security, tribal or familial, aren't very aware of love, as I suppose fish aren't very aware of water. That's the way it ought to be, love as air, love as the human element.

The author presents a collection of nonfiction writings, including essays on such topics as Tolstoy, Tolkien, women's shoes, Mark Twain, family life, and beauty, as well as autobiographical writings and reflections on the arts of reading and writing.

Lena

some absolute gems in here, some pieces written for people other than me, or perhaps miras in the other times. but the ones that struck me struck me deeeeep & i am unbelievably inspired and shifted in an inexplicable way. it’s long overdue, but i’m adding a picture of ursula to my altar when i get home.

The Wave in the Mind Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination