No time to spare : thinking about what matters / Ursula K. Le Guin ; introduction by Karen Joy Fowler.
| Author/creator | Le Guin, Ursula K. author. |
| Other author | Fowler, Karen Joy writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | xx, 215 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Essays. Selections |
| Contents | Introduction / by Karen Joy Fowler -- A note at the beginning -- Part one. Going over eighty. In your spare time ; The sissy strikes back ; The diminished thing ; Catching up, ha ha -- The Annals of Pard. Choosing a cat ; Chosen by a cat -- Part two. The lit biz. Would you please fucking stop? ; Readers' questions ; Kids' letters ; Having my cake ; Papa H ; A much-needed literary award ; TGAN and TGOW ; TGAN again ; The narrative gift as a moral conundrum ; It doesn't have to be the way it is ; Utopiyin, utopiyang -- The Annals of Pard. The trouble ; Pard and the time machine -- Part three. Trying to make sense of it. A band of brothers, a stream of sisters ; Exorcists ; Uniforms ; Clinging desperately to a metaphor ; Lying it all away ; The inner child and the nude politician ; A modest proposal: vegempathy ; Belief in belief ; About anger -- The Annals of Pard. An unfinished education ; An unfinished education, continued ; Doggerel for my cat -- Part four. Rewards. The circling stars, the sea surrounding: Philip Glass and John Luther Adams ; Rehearsal ; Someone named Delores ; Without egg ; Notre-Dame de la Faim ; The tree ; The horsies upstairs ; First contact ; The lynx ; Notes from a week at a ranch in the Oregon high desert. |
| Abstract | "From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Writer of introduction taken from dust jacket. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- No time to spare. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 9781328661036 |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| LCCN | 2017019808 |
| ISBN | 9781328661593 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1328661598 hardcover |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3562 .E42 A6 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |