In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin

Vajra Chandrasekera reads post 17, "Would You Please F—ing Stop?" You can read Ursula's original post, from March of 2011, here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/17-would-you-please-fucking-stop Vajra's website is vajra.me

This week, Michelle Ruiz Keil reads post 16, "Uniforms," which Ursula posted in February of 2011. You can read the original post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/16-uniforms Michelle's website is www.michelleruizkeil.com

This week, Morehshin Allahyari reads post 14, "Egypt," and post 15, "Footnote to My Egypt Blog Post." You can read "Egypt" here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/14-egypt And you can read "Footnote to My Egypt Blog Post" here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/15-footnote-to-my-egypt-blog-post Morehshin Allahyari's website is morehshin.com/

This week we bring you something different: An interview with Martha Ullman West, nationally respected dance critic and author, and a friend of Ursula's for a half century, who died on July 5. The interviews were conducted by Theo Downes-Le Guin in 2022–2023 for a podcast project that never came to fruition. Martha's memories and stories are wonderful, and we hope you'll enjoy them and join us in honoring this remarkable person.

This week, Caroline Le Guin reads Post 13, "The Horsies Upstairs," which Ursula posted in January of 2011. The original post can be read at https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/13-the-horsies-upstairs

Ursula Barton reads Post 12, "A Riff on the Harper Contract," which Ursula K. Le Guin posted on January 18, 2011. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/12-a-riff-on-the-harper-contract Ursula Barton's website is www.ursulabarton.com

This week, Rebecca Campbell reads Post 11, "The Tree," which Ursula posted in January of 2011. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/11-the-tree Rebecca Campbell's website is whereishere.ca

This week, Stefanie Peters reads Post 10, "On Prospero's Island," which Ursula posted on January 3, 2011. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/10-on-prosperos-island Stefanie Peters' website is www.stefaniepeters.com

This week, Yuri Herrera reads Post 9, "Confidential reports from FBI agents to the Bureau, intercepted by Wikileeks (Welsh Information Kontrol Institute)," which Ursula posted in late 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/9-confidential-reports-from-fbi-agents-to-the-bureau-intercepted-by-wikileeks-welsh-information-kontrol-institute

This week, Molly Gloss reads Post 8, "The Sissy Strikes Back," which Ursula posted in November of 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/8-the-sissy-strikes-back Molly Gloss's website is www.mollygloss.com/

This week, Brian Attebery reads Post 7, "A Band of Brothers, a Stream of Sisters," which Ursula posted in November 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/7-a-band-of-brothers-a-stream-of-sisters

This week, Matt Bell reads Post 6, "The Lynx," which Ursula posted in November of 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/6-the-lynx Matt Bell's website is www.mattbell.com

This week, Leah Schnelbach reads Post 5, "Exorcists," which Ursula posted in November of 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/5-exorcists

This week, Omar El Akkad reads Post 4, "Someone Named Delores," which Ursula posted in October 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/4-someone-named-delores

This week, adrienne maree brown reads Post 3, "The Absent Silence," which Ursula posted on October 27, 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/3-the-absent-silence adrienne maree brown's website is adriennemareebrown.net

Roger Cohen reads Post 2, "Miners and I-Pods," which Ursula posted on October 24, 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/2-miners-and-i-pods Roger Cohen's website is www.rogermcohen.com/

This week, Julie Phillips reads Post 1, "In Your Spare Time," which Ursula posted in October of 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/in-your-spare-time Julie Phillips' website is www.julie-phillips.com/wp/

David Mitchell kicks things off with Post 0, "A Note at the Beginning," which Ursula posted in October of 2010. The original post can be read at www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/0-a-note-at-the-beginning David Mitchell's website is davidmitchellbooks.com

Theo Downes-Le Guin welcomes you to In Your Spare Time, a podcast of Ursula K. Le Guin's blog.