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

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

Fresh Air

"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.

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

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Ursula K. Le Guin, Whose Novels Plucked Truth From High Fantasy, Dies At 88

Ursula K. Le Guin speaks at the 2014 National Book Awards, where she was presented with lifetime achievement honors. Robin Marchant/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Ursula K. Le Guin, Whose Novels Plucked Truth From High Fantasy, Dies At 88

The author, best known for works such as the Earthsea series and The Left Hand of Darkness, used her fantastic realms to grapple with difficult themes. She leaves a legacy as a literary trailblazer.

Thursday

Book News: Ursula K. Le Guin Steals The Show At The National Book Awards

In her speech Wednesday night in New York, Ursula K. Le Guin declared, "The name of our beautiful reward is not profit. Its name is freedom." Robin Marchant/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Book News: Ursula K. Le Guin Steals The Show At The National Book Awards

In a ceremony that saw both icons and newcomers honored, it was a fiery speech by the science fiction legend that had attendees talking. Also: A Jonathan Safran Foer book gets adapted to ballet.

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