Margaret Atwood - Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin

In collaboration with the Le Guin family, Literary Arts hosted a public tribute to author Ursula K. Le Guin on June 13, 2018 in Portland, Oregon. View the event here: www.literary-arts-tribute.org/
The Tribute featured tributes from writers and friends who represent the wide-ranging influence Le Guin has had on international literature for more than 50 years. Author Margaret Atwood appeared via this recorded message, created by Douglas Arrowsmith, Executive Producer/Director at FELT Inc. www.feltfilm.com/

[@annet6017]

Ursula k Le Guin and Margaret Atwood. Two of my favourite authors. I have read Ursula Le Guin's books since I was a young person, and have continued ever since. I will miss reading the next, but I will always have my collections of her books. And this year 2020 I purchased the beautiful edition of The Books of Earthsea. A fitting tribute to her

[@misccontent530]

Her dragons are the best dragons!

[@enzopotel]

This is so beautiful. Even the way Atwood moves the book in her arms after reading the excerpt clearly says something.

[@faintscrawl]

"I hope our republic survives this orgy of self-indulgent rage."

[@jylyhughes5085]

Margaret Atwood and Ursula Le Guin ...... magnificent!

[@Ahopek]

❤ The palpable, deep, vulnerable appreciation, both personally and from a truly skilled professional colleague, is so rewarding to listen to.

[@saratimms7921]

Thank you Margaret Atwood. Yes, Ursula K Le Guin has the best dragons. It is a privilege to read you both because you are both "pretty clever".

[@enzopotel]

Atwood: "where did the ones who walk away from Omelas go?
"
Le Guin: "nice weather we´re having."
- - - Indeed... how to answer this anyway, or why? "They go to another Omelas" or "it doesnt matter" or "they go to a worse but more honest place". "Nice weather" is a good answer : )

[@joshualavender]

I think so, too. At the story's end, Le Guin says the ones who walk away from Omelas "seem to know where they are going." It's a magical ambiguity. They may not know where they're going, but they have an *idea* they must follow.

[@KootFloris]

Everyone tends to talk Earthsea. I think LeGuin's greatest contribution was SF, without huge shootouts but humanity, empathy, and the care for the world as a whole.

[@KootFloris]

@@joshbhoy Exactly!

[@DorothyPotterSnyder]

I love this.

[@mariamkinen8036]

I prefer biograph -type of writing. Writing is our voice. TY. One can express the deepest ideas n emotions in writing.

[@BedIntruder2107]

How things change...

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Is Atwood communicating via ansible?

[@sheemakarp6424]

Ah!! But don’t forget McCaffrey’s dragons!!