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The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 2004
Publisher Shambhala Publications
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art John Brown (artist)
Pages 301
Price $16.95
ISBN 1590300068

Second printing per number line.

Year Reviewer Publication
2004 Gary K. Wolfe Locus, #521 June 2004

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Introducing Myself Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
8 Being Taken for Granite Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
10 Indian Uncles Ursula Kroeber Le Guin Essay
20 My Libraries Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
24 My Island Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
28 On the Frontier Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
33 All Happy Families Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
38 Things Not Actually Present: On the Book of Fantasy and J. L. Borges Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
46 Reading Young, Reading Old: Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
57 Thinking About Cordwainer Smith Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
70 Stress-Rhythm in Poetry and Prose Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
95 Rhythmic Pattern in the Lord of the Rings Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
108 The Wilderness Within: The Sleeping Beauty and "The Poacher" and a PS about Sylvia Townsend Warner Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
117 Off the Page: Loud Cows: A Talk and a Poem About Reading Aloud Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
127 Fact and/or/plus Fiction Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
141 Award and Gender Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
152 On Genetic Determinism Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
160 About Feet Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
163 Dogs, Cats, and Dancers: Thoughts About Beauty Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
171 Collectors, Rhymesters, and Drummers Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
185 Telling Is Listening Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
206 The Operating Instructions Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
211 "A War Without End" Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
223 A Matter of Trust Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
235 The Writer and the Character Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
240 Unquestioned Assumptions Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
250 Prides: An Essay on Writing Workshops Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
261 The Question I Get Asked Most Often Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
283 Old Body Not Writing Ursula K. Le Guin Essay
289 The Writer on, and at, Her Work Ursula K. Le Guin Poem

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Cover 2004 Shambhala Publications Trade Paperback Nonfiction John Brown (artist) x+304
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Cover 2013 Shambhala Publications eBook Nonfiction John Brown (artist)