Maria Popova
Ursula K. Le Guin died four years ago today, leaving us some of humanity's most soulful and visionary literature, and her beautiful wisdom on real human communication: https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/10/21/telling-is-listening-ursula-k-le-guin-communication/
Telling Is Listening: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Magic of Real Human Conversation

“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and…

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Jan 22, 2023 at 5:22pmWeb
Show threadHill_HobbitJan 22, 2023
@mariapopova "the Left Hand of Darkness" is one of my favorite underappreciated books.
Show threadJust IceJan 22, 2023
@mariapopova 🕯️
Show threadA Tattered ScrapbookJan 22, 2023
@mariapopova With respect, five years, I think.
Show threadDarin StrachanJan 22, 2023

@mariapopova tge PBS American Masters episode on Ursula K Le Guin is a treat:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gynLfdNVVHs

Official Trailer | Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin | American Masters | PBS

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Show threadBen ChandlerJan 23, 2023
@mariapopova @fringemagnet Thank you for sharing this Annie, I enjoyed this read very much. I have been reading some more of Ursula’s works and her interviews lately, I love the way she wrote and expressed her ideas.
Show threadAnnie Hsh 🖖Jan 23, 2023
@ThreeOhFour @mariapopova Agreed, I really love her works, her ideas, and the themes she explored, she was brilliant on so many levels.
Show threadKat RavenwolfJan 23, 2023
@mariapopova I have never read anything by her, though I seriously would like to.