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Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin

 Le Guin's father, the anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber, had a keen interest in Taoism, which led Le Guin to publish her version of Chinese poet Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, one of the core texts of the ancient philosophy. The dragon pictured here adorns a Taoi

Le Guin's father, the anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber, had a keen...

 Women participate in a civil defense exercise during the Cold War. At the time Le Guin wrote Always Coming Home, the United States and the former Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.

Women participate in a civil defense exercise during the Cold War. At...