"Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.”
Anti-capitalist and feminist writer Ursula K. Le Guin passed away on 22 January, aged 88. Le Guin primarily wrote science fiction and fantasy but, not wishing to be discussed in narrowly restrictive (and often implicitly depreciative) genre terms, wished simply to be known as an “American novelist.” In books such as The Dispossessed , The Left Hand of Darkness and The Word For World is Forest , Le Guin explored huge political themes: revolution, anarchism, life in a communist society, gender, sexuality, religion, colonialism, environmentalism and more. One of Le Guin’s most valuable...