Originally published as “Ursula K. Le Guin Was a Creator of Worlds” in the Winter 2019 issue of Humanities magazine, a publication of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Places ...

Ursula K. Le Guin, who wrote popular science fiction and fantasy books from a feminist perspective, died on Monday at the age of 88. Speaking to Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1989, Le Guin said she ...

Ursula K. Le Guin, a prolific novelist best known for the Earthsea series and The Left Hand of Darkness, died Monday at the age of 88. Across more than 20 novels and scores of short stories ...

Ursula K. Le Guin, who beginning in the 1960s upended the male-dominated genres of fantasy and science fiction, crafting novels that grappled with issues of gender inequality, racism and environme ...

Ursula K. Le Guin's fiery speech at the National Book Awards is generating a big reaction Thursday morning. "Ursula K. Le Guin Steals the Show" says National Public Radio, which reported that "the ...

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of those rare sci-fi and fantasy authors whose fiction is widely viewed as literature, while still maintaining the magic and adventure sought by genre fans. Her fantastic ...

Ursula K. Le Guin, the Portland-based writer who died on Monday at age 88, was a master storyteller whose speculative fiction influenced countless artists. Despite her literary output ...

By Sanjana Varghese In one of Ursula Le Guin’s most popular short stories, “The Ones Who Walk away from Omelas”, she describes a city overflowing with joy, where citizens spend their lives without a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — To the rest of the world, Ursula K. Le Guin was a groundbreaking author, winner of the National Book Award and multiple Hugo awards, as well as a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Along with groundbreaking novels like “The Left Hand of Darkness” and “The Dispossessed,” “Earthsea” crowned Le Guin as the queen of science fiction. A previously unpublished Ursula K.