Classical pop quiz: Name the bride in “The Aeneid.” Oh, I’m sorry. Dido is incorrect. (For those of you who checked the book information: No fair!) If the name escapes you, it’s not surprising. 10 ...

Ursula Le Guin has brought mainstream recognition to science fiction in a successful career that has endured for sixty years, with books that include The Left Hand of Darkness, Lavinia, and the ...

Diana Bellessi, Author, Ursula K. Le Guin, Author Arte Publico Press $16.95 (225p) ISBN 978-1-55885-170-2 Through correspondence, Le Guin, a prolific American writer (The Left Hand of Darkness; ...

For those in galaxies far, far away, Tuesday's column on Ursula Le Guin: Ursula Le Guin is not one for guarded opinions. She believes "misogyny is the biggest, oldest social prejudice in the world," ...

Ursula K. Le Guin, the enormously popular writer of numerous works of fantasy and science fiction, died at her home in Portland, Oregon on January 28. She was 88 years old. Many obituaries of Le Guin ...

The work of poet and novelist Le Guin (Lavinia, The Left Hand of Darkness) spans genres, including science fiction, fantasy and kid lit, and here she collects scholarship and opinion on the importance ...

On Nov. 19, at the annual National Book Awards gala, Neil Gaiman will present the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Ursula K. Le Guin. At 85, Le Guin could be resting on her ...

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Ursula Le Guin, best known for her works of science fiction and fantasy, has been writing and publishing novels, children's books, poetry and drama for more than four decades. In December, she ...