So Far So Good

So Far So Good

<p>“It’s hard to think of another living author who has written so well for so long in so many styles as Ursula K. Le Guin.” ―<em>Salon</em></p><p>“She never loses touch with her reverence for the immense what is.” ―Margaret Atwood</p><p>“There is no writer with an imagination as forceful and delicate as Le Guin’s.” ―Grace Paley</p><p>Legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin was lauded by millions for her ground- breaking science fiction novels, but she began as a poet, and wrote across genres for her entire career. In this clarifying and sublime collection―completed shortly before her death in 2018―Le Guin is unflinching in the face of mor- tality, and full of wonder for the mysteries beyond. Redolent of the lush natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, with rich sounds playfully echoing myth and nursery rhyme, Le Guin bookends a long, daring, and prolific career.</p><p><strong>From “How it Seems to Me”:</strong></p><p><em>In the vast abyss before time, self is not, and soul commingles<br>with mist, and rock, and light. In time, soul brings the misty self to be.<br>Then slow time hardens self to stone while ever lightening the soul,<br>till soul can loose its hold of self . . .</em></p><p><strong>Ursula K. Le Guin </strong>is the author of over sixty novels, short fiction works, translations, and volumes of poetry, including the acclaimed novels <em>The Left Hand of Darkness </em>and <em>The Dispossessed</em>. Her books continue to sell millions of copies worldwide. Le Guin died in 2018 in her home in Portland, Oregon.</p>