Ursula K. Le Guin's blog archives back online

Rob Beschizza 4:57 am Wed Aug 4, 2021

Photo: Marian Wood Kolisch (CC BY SA 2.0)

After her death, Ursula K. Le Guin's blog eventually went offline. But it's now back and now stands as a remarkable memoir, embarked upon by the the illustrious author at 81 years old. [ursulakleguin.com via Metafilter] The same material is available in print as No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters. [Amazon]

In 2010, at the age of 81, Ursula started a blog. 2017's No Time to Spare collected a selection of her posts into a book, and for a time, those posts were unavailable online. They've now been restored. You can read Ursula's full blog, starting here: https://t.co/kcqxrKJnq7
— Ursula K. Le Guin (@ursulaleguin) August 2, 2021

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