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, real and ...

Ursula Le Guin, best known for her works of science fiction and fantasy, has been writing and publishing novels, children’s books, poetry and drama for more than four decades. In December, she ...

Acclaimed science-fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin died Monday in her hometown of Portland, Ore., her agent confirmed. Le Guin was 88. Although best known for her science fiction — particularly the ...

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, Le Guin ...

"Grieving … is a strange business; you have to learn how to do it. We seek company in mourning, but after the early bursts of tears, after the praises have been ...

Fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin died in her Portland home Monday. She was 88. Her son confirmed her death to the New York Times. He did not provide a cause of death but said her health had been ...

The death of Ursula K. Le Guin has brought an outpouring of remembrances and tributes from her fellow writers, as those her work touched and inspired reflected on social media about her life and ...

Acclaimed and adored American author Ursula K Le Guin has died at age 88. The New York Times confirmed Le Guin’s passing when speaking with her son Theo Downes-Le Guin. He did not disclose the exact ...

Update: Khadija Abdalla Bajaber was named winner of the inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for “The House of Rust” on Friday night. “Scene after scene is gleaming, textured, utterly devoid ...

It’s less than an hour since the news broke that Ursula K. Le Guin has died and right now my Twitter feed, populated as it is with science fiction and fantasy writers, editors and fans, is a single, ...

In 1966, a New York publisher took a chance and released a book by an unknown homemaker and mother living clear across the country in Oregon. “Mrs. Le Guin,” as the editors of Ace Books called her in ...

Ursula K. Le Guin's mastery of fiction has remained so consistent throughout her decades-long career, it's easy to overlook her accomplishments in other forms. Sure, she's the author of iconic, ...