Deschutes Public Library

The Deschutes Public Library is pleased to highlight Oregon author Ursula Le Guin during the month of August with a series of programs and readings as part of the Celebrate Oregon Authors series being offered throughout the year of 2009. All events are free and open to the public.

Ursula Le Guin, was born in 1929 in BerkeUrsula Le Guin, was born in 1929 in Berkeley, California, but has been a resident of Portland, Oregon since 1958. She writes both poetry and prose, and in various modes including realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy, young children’s books, and books for young adults. She has published seven books of poetry, twenty-two novels, over a hundred short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, and four volumes of translation. Few American writers have done work of such high quality in so many forms.

Most of Le Guin’s major titles have remained continuously in print, some for over forty years. Her best known fantasy works, the six Books of Earthsean translated into sixteen languages. Her first major work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness, is considered epoch-making in the field for its radical investigation of gender roles. Her novels The Dispossessed and Always Coming Home redefine utopian fiction, while the realistic stories of a small Oregon beach town in Searoad show her sympathy with the ordinary griefs of ordinary people.

Three of Le Guin’s books have been finalists for the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and among the many honors her writing has received are a National Book Award, five Hugo Awards, five Nebula Awards, SFWA’s Grand Master, the Kafka Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the list goes on…
Le Guin leads an intensely private life, with sporadic forays into political activism and steady participation in the literary community of her city, Portland. Having taught writing workshops from Vermont to Australia, she is now retired from teaching, and limits her public appearances mostly to the West Coast.

	Always coming home Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The beginning place Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The birthday of the world and other stories Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Blue moon over Thurman Street Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Buffalo gals and other animal presences Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Catwings Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Catwings return Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Wishing to visit their mother, two winged cats leave their new country home to return to the city, where they discover a winged kitten in a building imminently to be demolished. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Changing planes Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The compass rose : short stories Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Dancing at the edge of the world : thoughts on words, women, places Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The dispossessed : an ambiguous Utopia Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The farthest shore Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Fish soup Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- When the Thinking Man of Moha and the Writing Woman of Maho talk about having a child, two children appear, shaped by the friends' expectations of what a child should be. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	A fisherman of the inland sea : science fiction stories Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Four ways to forgiveness Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Gifts Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--A violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Going out with peacocks and other poems Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Incredible good fortune : new poems Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Jane on her own : a catwings tale Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- When Jane, a cat with wings, leaves the safety of her farm to explore the world, she falls into the hands of a man who keeps her prisoner and exploits her for money. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The lathe of heaven Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Lavinia Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- In The Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word in the poem. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes the reader to the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near seven hills.--From amazon.com. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The left hand of darkness Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The other wind Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Powers Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- When young Gavir's sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	A ride on the red mare's back Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- With the aid of her magic wooden horse, a brave girl travels to the High House in the mountains to rescue her kidnapped brother from the trolls. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Searoad : the chronicles of Klatsand Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Sixty odd : new poems Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Sixty Odd is Ursula K. Le Guin's fifth collection of poems. At turns wry, playful, and sharply critical, Le Guin eloquently explores themes ranging from finely observed details of her day-to-day life, to moving philosophical reflections on her childhood and growing older. Taken as a whole, the collection embodies the heart of Le Guin's best work: writing that is full of insight, humor, and genuine wisdom. Here is the first new book of poems in more than a decade from the author so well known for her thought-provoking science fiction novels. It is also the most autobiographical of Ursula K. Le Guin's five poetry collections, taking its inspiration from the wisdom and perspective that a woman attains in her sixties. Here she is at turns wry, playful, and sharply critical, with finely observed details of her day-to-day life and moving philosophical reflections on growing older. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Tales from Earthsea Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Explores further the magical world of Earthsea through five tales of events which occur before or after the time of the original novels, as well as an essay on the people, languages, history and magic of the place. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Tehanu : the last book of Earthsea Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar and a crippled girl child who carries an unknown destiny. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The telling Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Tom Mouse Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Tom Mouse hides on the train he has boarded for travel and adventure, but an old woman finds and befriends him. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The tombs of Atuan [by] Ursula K. Le Guin. Illustrated by Gail Garraty. Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief who seeks a special treasure. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Unlocking the air, and other stories Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The visionary : the life story of Flicker of the Serpentine of Telina-Na Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	A visit from Dr. Katz Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Although Marianne is sick and has to stay in bed, she is cheered up by medicinal treatment from her two cats. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Voices Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	The wave in the mind : talks and essays on the writer, the reader, and the imagination Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	A wizard of Earthsea Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)
	Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- After being rescued by a flying cat, Alexander the cat decides to make good on a promise to do wonderful things. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, etc.)