Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate. https://www.ursulakleguin.com/https://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mlqmwabpuk2iThis week on In Your Spare Time, @leahschnelbach.bsky.social reads post 5, "Exorcists." In November 2010, a conference of Roman Catholic bishops in Baltimore led Ursula to write about exorcisms, holiness, and the makeup of the Supreme Court. https://inyoursparetime.libsyn.com/leah-schnelbach-reads-exorcists13 May 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqmwabpuk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mlmak6r5pk24"A War Without End" is collected in The Wave in the Mind (Shambhala, 2004). You can also read it here: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3585-a-war-without-end-by-ursula-k-le-guin11 May 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmak6r5pk24https://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mlbmv6jmvk2mYou can now listen to In Your Spare Time on YouTube, should you so desire! (Yes, the episodes are currently out of order. We're working on it.) https://www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.leguin/podcasts07 May 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmv6jmvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3ml6vwie5m22tOn this week's episode, Omar El Akkad reads "Someone Named Delores," which begins with Ursula's response to a single sentence, then delves into issues of class and language before transforming into a beautiful appreciation of a woman named Delores. https://inyoursparetime.libsyn.com/omar-el-akkad-reads-someone-named-delores06 May 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vwie5m22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3ml4ujaoz2c25Out today: A new edition of The Dispossessed, from Harper's American Classics series! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-dispossessed-american-classics-edition-ursula-k-le-guin?variant=4429320981712205 May 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ujaoz2c25https://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3ml2bakqv4s2oLast year, Croatian publisher Artikularij released a gorgeous illustrated version of The Wind's Twelve Quarters. Now, they're back for The Compass Rose, which has artwork by six different illustrators. These three illustrations are by Agata Lučić.04 May 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2bakqv4s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mknaamfhec2qThis week on In Your Spare Time, @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social reads post 3, "The Absent Silence," from October 27, 2010. https://inyoursparetime.libsyn.com/adrienne-maree-brown-reads-the-absolute-silence29 Apr 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknaamfhec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mkixnlnc6s2f"I love it. But I don’t quite understand it and what Le Guin was doing with it and how it works. It’s full of very specific time and place that feels absolutely real, as if I read a book set in the 1820s and I could go there now..." —Jo Walton on Malafrena https://reactormag.com/jo-waltons-reading-list-march-2026/27 Apr 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkixnlnc6s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mk3vlrto522xOn this episode of In Your Spare Time, Roger Cohen reads post 2, "Miners and I-Pods," from October of 2010. Ursula wrote this post in response to Roger's New York Times column "The Return of 'Los 33'"—which he also reads in the episode! It's a two-for-one this week. https://inyoursparetime.libsyn.com/roger-cohen-reads-miners-and-i-pods22 Apr 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3vlrto522xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mjzkrerji22sWe're thrilled that Fred Fordham's graphic novel adaptation of A Wizard of Earthsea is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic!21 Apr 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzkrerji22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mjpf56hj2s2q"The Dispossessed has matured my political views, reshaped my values, and changed my life. Reading it showed me how to confront a political landscape increasingly hostile to productive dialogue." —Alec del Pino Gil-Casares in The Harvard Political Review https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/reading-month-averted-eye-le-guin/17 Apr 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpf56hj2s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mjp3n47knk2nThis week's podcast reader is Julie Phillips, Ursula's biographer, who reads post 1, "In Your Spare Time." Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts! inyoursparetime.libsyn.com17 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp3n47knk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mjfq2zuz2k2bJames S.A. Corey, writing in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/books/alien-books.html13 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfq2zuz2k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3mj676t3tp225A well-worn copy of Western Humanities Review, Summer 1961, which included Ursula’s first published short story, “An die Musik.”10 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj676t3tp225https://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3miynirrar227In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin premieres today! Our first reader is David Mitchell, the author of Cloud Atlas and Utopia Avenue. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://inyoursparetime.libsyn.com/david-mitchell-reads-a-note-at-the-beginning08 Apr 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3miynirrar227https://bsky.app/profile/ursulakleguin.com/post/3miu5broubk2sNow on view at southern California's Descanso Gardens: Journal of Therolinguistics, an exhibition curated by Oscar Salguero. https://www.descansogardens.org/visit/sturt-haaga-gallery/2026-exhibitions/06 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:dbe74ifb7usz7x73ee7lapia/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu5broubk2s