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Ursula K. Le Guin wrote more than 20 novels, including The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea series. Marian Wood Kolisch/Courtesy of Copper Canyon Press hide caption

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Sci-Fi Titan Le Guin Wanted To 'Stand Up And Be Counted' As A Writer With Kids

"Women who write, who have children, their work tends to get 'disappeared,' " Ursula K. Le Guin told Fresh Air in 1989. The author died Monday at the age of 88.

Ursula K. Le Guin wrote more than 20 novels, including The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea series. Marian Wood Kolisch/Courtesy of Copper Canyon Press hide caption

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Sci-Fi Titan Le Guin Wanted To 'Stand Up And Be Counted' As A Writer With Kids

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