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Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination | Ursula K Le Guin
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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.
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merelybookish
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Just one of many quotes that tries to capture the #mysteriousways of books and reading.

#musicalnewyear @Cinfhen @vivastory

Cinfhen Love that!! 5y
Karisa Beautiful and true ❤ 5y
JazzFeathers Beautiful quote. I like to say that a story isn't a story if it isn't shared. 5y
vivastory Fantastic quote ❤ 5y
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It's always a pleasure to read her non-fiction: of course, I enjoyed the pieces about writing the best but I love encountering the breadth of her curious mind. I enjoy her wittiness and intelligence. I love how she says "I" a lot and doesn't try to pass off her opinions as objective truths carved on stone tablets (much less beat me around the head with them).
She makes me want to write better.
(And I want to read more of her novels, too).

Emilymdxn This looks fantastic!!! Stacked 5y
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#slowreads What‘s one of your slow reads? A book to be dipped into periodically? 📚🕰

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Congratulations on reaching 10k @LiterRohde ! I‘ll agree that the Littens are especially wonderful!

I chose The Wave in the Mind, by Ursula K LeGuin at the risk of being redundant. It is no secret that I love UKL‘s work and I find it all incredibly inspiring and moving. I‘ve hoarded many of her books and delayed reading them so that I would continue to be inspired by her afresh after her death. Now that it‘s come to pass, I‘ll be reading them.

LiterRohde I have not read anything by her. I‘ll have to get on that *sound of TBR pile groaning under the stress*. Thanks for sharing! 6y
DivaDiane @LiterRohde She is far sand away my favorite author. She has written fiction (mostly SF and Fantasy but also literary fiction), poetry and non-fiction (mostly about writing). I love it all. 6y
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“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.”
Looking for your next Dragon adventure? Try one of these!

TNbookworm I love Invisible Library series☺ 6y
CoffeeK8 Seraphina is amazing! 6y
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Purrsistently @CoffeeK8 it‘s on my list 💕 6y
CoffeeK8 @Purrsistently It is, whoops, I just read dragons and jumped to recommend it! (edited) 6y
Purrsistently @CoffeeK8 😅 I meant it‘s on my personal tbr, I thought you were just agreeing it was good😹 The inkhearts lists are put together in a fb group so I haven‘t read them all. 6y
CoffeeK8 @Purrsistently well I also agree it‘s good 😂 6y
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"People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within."

Ursula Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind

#ursulaleguin #dragons #fantasy #reading #thewaveinthemind

http://thebookkeepersite.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/the-emerald-atlas/

EmeraldSorceress 😆 so true, great Quote 6y
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Plunging into the ocean of words, roaming into the broad fields of the mind, climbing the mountains of the imagination...that was my freedom, that was my joy. And it still is.

Meeko93 6y
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🐉💕

KrystleTheBookSlayer I love this quote! 💜 6y
SamHeartCoffee So much love! 6y
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MCYmermaid

UKL was one of my literary heroes. RIP.

DivaDiane My heart aches 💔 6y
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"People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within."

— Ursula K. Le Guin (The Wave in the Mind: Talks & Essays on the Writer, the Reader & the Imagination)

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