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No time to spare : thinking about what matters
- Title
- No time to spare : thinking about what matters / Ursula K. Le Guin.
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 17-6632 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xx, 215 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she's in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice -- sharp, witty, as compassionate as it is critical -- shines. No Time to Spare collects the best of Ursula's blog, presenting perfectly crystallized dispatches on what matters to her now, her concerns with this world, and her wonder at it. On the absurdity of denying your age, she says, "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub." On cultural perceptions of fantasy: "The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of? " On her new cat: "He still won't sit on a lap" --
- "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"--
- Uniform Title
- Essays. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Essays.
- Subject
- Call Number
- JFD 17-6632
- ISBN
- 9781328661593
- 1328661598
- LCCN
- 2017019808
- OCLC
- 2017019808
- Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018, author.
- Title
- No time to spare : thinking about what matters / Ursula K. Le Guin.
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. In your spare time.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Sissy strikes back.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Diminished thing.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Catching up, ha ha.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Choosing a cat.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Chosen by a cat.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Would you please fucking stop?Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Readers' questions.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Kids' letters.Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Having my cake.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- No time to spare Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 9781328661036 (DLC) 2017035425
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-6632