Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin (Grove Press, February 1989, 0-8021-1105-X, $17.95, viii+306pp, hc, nf)
Non-fiction, collection of essays on fantasy, travel writing, etc., plus a collection of reviews.
- vii · Introductory Note · Ursula K. Le Guin · in Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
- 1 · Talks and Essays: 1976-1988
- 3 · The Space Crone · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The CoEvolution Quarterly Summer 1976
- 7 · Is Gender Necessary? Redux · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Aurora: Beyond Equality ed. Vonda N. McIntyre & Susan J. Anderson, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1976, as “Is Gender Necessary?”; heavily annotated.
- 17 · “Moral and Ethical Implications of Family Planning” · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
talk given to a Planned Parenthood symposium in Portland in March 1978.
- 21 · It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: or, Why Are we Huddling About the Campfire? · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Critical Inquiry v7 #1, Autumn 1980
paper read at a three-day symposium on narrative held at the University of Chicago in 1979.
- 31 · Working on “The Lathe” · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Horizon January 1980
- 37 · Some Thoughts on Narrative · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #5, January 1989
incorporates parts of the Nina Mae Kellogg Lecture given at Portland State University in the spring of 1980.
- 46 · World-Making · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Women Writers of the West Coast ed. Marilyn Yalom, Capra Press, 1983
talk given at the Lost Worlds and Future Worlds symposium, Stanford University, 1981.
- 49 · Hunger · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
talk given at the Portland Food Bank Luncheon Meeting for the Oxfam America Fast for the Hungry in 1981.
- 51 · Places Names · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
one section first appeared as “Riding Shotgun” in Antæus #61, Fall 1988.
- 75 · The Princess · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
keynote address to open a workshop conference of the Portland branch of the National Abortion Rights Action League in January 1982.
- 80 · A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The Yale Review Winter 1983
- 101 · Facing It · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
talk given at the Facing It symposium, held by the Portland Fellowship of Reconciliation, December 1982.
- 104 · Reciprocity of Prose and Poetry · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
talk given as part of the 1983 Poetry series at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- 115 · A Left-Handed Commencement Address · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
commencement address at the Mills College Class of ’83.
- 118 · Along the Platte · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The Oregonian August 28 1983
- 123 · Whose Lathe? · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The Oregonian May 16 1984
- 127 · The Woman Without Answers · Ursula K. Le Guin · vi Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
presented at Cooper Union for a New School conference, The Presence of Myth in Contemporary Life, in October 1984.
- 130 · The Second Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
opening statement to a conference on Women, Power, and Leadership arranged by the Seattle branch of Antioch University in November 1984.
- 135 · Room 9, Car 1430 · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The Oregonian February 17 1985
- 138 · Theodora · Ursula K. Le Guin · in The Inland Whale by Theodora Kroeber, Yolla Bolly Press, 1985
- 142 · Science Fiction and the Future · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
statement on the Science Fiction and the Future panel, arranged by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in February 1985.
- 144 · The Only Good Author? · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
- 147 · Bryn Mawr Commencement Address · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
commencement address at Bryn Mayr, 1986.
- 161 · Woman / Wilderness · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
talk to a class in Wilderness at the University of California at Davis, June 1986.
- 165 · The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Women of Vision ed. Denise DuPont, St. Martin's Press, 1988
- 171 · Heroes · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
- 176 · Prospects for Women in Writing · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
statement to Women in the Arts panel at the Conference on Women in the Year 2000, held in Portland, September 1986.
- 179 · Text, Silence, Performance · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
talk given to Composers Inc. on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 1986.
- 188 · “Who is Responsible?” · Ursula K. Le Guin · ex from “Bulletin Symposium”, The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America #95, Spring 1987
- 190 · Conflict · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
- 192 · “Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?” · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
- 201 · Over the Hills and a Great Way Off · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar The Washington Post March 13 1988
- 212 · The Fisherwoman’s Daughter · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin, Grove Press, 1989
- 240 · Reviews 1977-1986
- 242 · The Dark Tower · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The New Republic April 16 1977 [Ref. C. S. Lewis]
- 245 · Close Encounters, Star Wars, and the Tertium Quid · Ursula K. Le Guin · mr Future August 1978
- 249 · Shikasta · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The New Republic October 13 1979 [Ref. Doris Lessing]
- 253 · The Beginning Place · Ursula K. Le Guin · br Venom #1, 1980, as by Mom de Plume [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin]
- 253 · The Book of the Dun Cow · Ursula K. Le Guin · br Venom #1, 1980, as by Mom de Plume [Ref. Walter Wangerin, Jr.]
- 256 · Freddy’s Book and Vlemk the Box-Painter · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Washington Post Book World March 23 1980 [Ref. John Gardner]
- 259 · The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The New Republic March 29 1980 [Ref. Doris Lessing]
- 263 · Kalila and Dimna · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Washington Post Book World August 10 1980 [Ref. Ramsay Wood]
- 266 · Unfinished Business · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Washington Post Book World August 24 1980 [Ref. Maggie Scarf]
- 269 · Italian Folktales · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The New Republic September 27 1980 [Ref. Italo Calvino]
- 273 · Peake’s Progress · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Washington Post Book World September 27 1981 [Ref. Mervyn Peake]
- 276 · The Sentimental Agents · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Weekly (Seattle) August 3 1983 [Ref. Doris Lessing]
- 279 · Difficult Loves · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Washington Post Book World November 18 1984 [Ref. Italo Calvino]
- 282 · “Forsaking Kingdoms”: Five Poets · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Washington Post Book World February 17 1985
- 287 · The Mythology of North America · Ursula K. Le Guin · br New York Times Book Review September 1 1985 [Ref. John Bierhorst]
- 291 · Silent Partners · Ursula K. Le Guin · br New York Times Book Review May 25 1986 [Ref. Eugene Linden]
- 297 · Outside the Gates · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Five Owls November/December 1986 [Ref. Molly Gloss]
- 300 · Golden Days · Ursula K. Le Guin · br The Washington Post Book World November 9 1986 [Ref. Carolyn See]
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