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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52418183 Title: The wave in the mind : talks and essays on the writer, the reader, and the imagination Author: Ursula K Le Guin Publisher: Boston : New York : Shambhala ; Distributed in the United States by Random House, 2004. ISBN/ISSN: 1590300068 9781590300060 OCLC:52418183

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The wave in the mind : talks and essays on the writer, the reader, and the imagination

Author:	Ursula K Le Guin
Publisher:	Boston : Shambhala ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Random House, 2004.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	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.
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Subjects	Le Guin, Ursula K., -- 1929- Le Guin, Ursula K., -- 1929- -- Authorship. Science fiction -- Authorship. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Essays
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Wave in the mind. Boston : Shambhala ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Random House, 2004 (OCoLC)607030082 Online version: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Wave in the mind. Boston : Shambhala ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Random House, 2004 (OCoLC)608487020
Named Person:	Ursula K Le Guin; Ursula K Le Guin; Ursula K Le Guin
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Ursula K Le Guin Find more information about:
ISBN:	1590300068 9781590300060
OCLC Number:	52418183
Description:	x, 304 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:	Personal matters -- Introducing myself -- Being taken for granite -- Indian uncles -- My libraries -- My island -- On the frontier -- Readings -- All happy families -- Things not actually present: On the book of fantasy and J.L. Borges -- Reading young, reading old: Mark Twain's diaries of Adam and Eve -- Thinking about Cordwainer Smith -- Strews-rhythm in poetry and prose -- Rhythmic pattern in The Lord of the rings -- The wilderness within: The sleeping beauty and "the poacher" -- Off the page: loud cows: a talk and a poem about reading aloud -- Discussions and opinions -- Fact and/or/plus fiction -- Award and gender -- On genetic determinism -- About feet -- Dogs, cars, and dancers: thoughts about beauty -- Collectors, rhymesters, and drummers -- Telling is listening -- The operating instructions -- "A war without end" -- On writing -- A matter of trust -- The writer and the character -- Unquestioned assumptions -- Prides: an essay on writing workshops -- The question I get asked most often -- Old body not writing -- The writer on, and at, her work.
Responsibility:	Ursula K. Le Guin.
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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.

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