“.crisply written, sometimes funny, often philosophical and always opinionated.” No Time to Spare rife with insight, humor, by Nancy Gilson, The Columbus Dispatch. “The best quickly capture the voice we’ve come to identify as Le Guin’s: wry, measured, insightful, accepting of life’s messiness while determined to act as morally as possible.” No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, by Ursula K. She values uncertainty, accepts disagreement-even disagreement with herself-and has never, to my knowledge, written a hot take.” “Le Guin, in short, is a good essayist who would make a terrible internet controversialist. Le Guin’s Essential Internet Writing, Now Between Two Covers, by Matthew Keeley. There are no bad genres.’) exemplifies her keen ability to boil down complex issues to their essence, even as she argues with nuance and grace.” “Her takeaway (‘There are many bad books. Le Guin’s Voice Rings Out In New Nonfiction Collection, by Jason Heller. “And if her blog has a recurring theme, it’s her eagerness to question the words we often take for granted or dismiss.” Le Guin shares witty blog posts on ‘crabby old age’ and cats, by Mark Athitakis. “Le Guin’s mindful empathy for every kind of living and non-living thing makes her a role model for the rest of us who ever tried to walk a mile in another kind of shoe… With her profound skepticism of the merits of capitalism, her à la carte Eastern spirituality, and her willingness to be disliked, she could certainly be a strong contender for Mayor of Portland.” Le Guin’s No Time to Spare? by Megan Volpert at PopMatters. The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them.”

“But the trivially personal is a chief pleasure of this collection, which uses its firm footing in the concrete world to ponder an eclectic array of topics. Ĭollections of Essays by Writers Old and Young, by Melissa Febos. Review: Reflecting on What Really Matters, by Lynn Alexander. Le Guin died earlier this year, some obituaries referred to her as a “leading fantasy” writer, but some were smart enough to simply call her what she was: one of our greatest writers.” Notes from a Week at a Ranch in the Oregon High Desert News & Reviews Pard and the Time Machine Part Three: Trying to Make Sense Of It The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay Table of Contents Site Map Opening Map Offsite Links Archives Publicity Photos Calendar Agents Getting in Touch FAQ Biography Bibliography Awards & Honors Reviews of UKL Books Interviews with UKL Arwen Curry In Spanish Photo Albumīlog Flying Squirrels Selected Work Onsite Works in Print Works in Electronic Form Book View Café eBooks Google (Un)Settlement Book Information Pages About Writing About Films Book Reviews by UKL Speeches Audio - Video - Music Maps & Illustrations Notes & Comments Neat Stuff

No Time To Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin