Ursula K. Le Guin, Avenali Chair in the Humanities

[@davidwilliambarker]

She's never gone.

[@terrylaguardia6838]

Now this is an interviewer who knows how to shed the spotlight on his guest as so many don’t. His questions show deep respect and thoughtfulness. It is clear that his knowledge of literature only enhances his reverence for this great writer he admires.

[@TauanGGomes]

It's very good to listen to her reading... especially now that she's gone. Love you, Ursula.

[@chelseabrowne4904]

I adore how much Michael Lucey adores Ursula K Le Guin.

[@chonbaquer]

The unexpected connection during the introduction of this video to Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five was as unexpected as it was utterly correct, and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for that.

[@Sonoluminescencia]

"You always have to defend the imagination against idiots." -Ursula Fucking Le Guin

[@a.j.ponderbooks]

My favourite quote of the whole thing. I suspect it doesn't say good things about me, but as a fantasy author and reader, it was pure gold. :)

[@richardportman8912]

always coming home is a book that changed my life. it informs me to this day.

[@terrylaguardia6838]

I so wanted that highly relevant question about empire to be asked - I’m soooo glad it was! And what an answer!

[@manthasagittarius1]

October 21, 2016 Happy Birthday, Ursula! I send the love of a reader to a favorite author for 40 years. My copy of "Words Are My Matter" arrived a few days ago. Looking forward to reading with fall light and a bowl of apples.

[@andylu7760]

Initiation Song from the Finders’ Lodge by Ursula LeGuin Please bring strange things. Please come bringing new things. Let very old things come into your hands. Let what you do not know come into your eyes. Let desert sand harden your feet. Let the arch of your feet be the mountains. Let the paths of your fingertips be your maps and the ways you go be the lines on your palms. Let there be deep snow in your inbreathing and your outbreath be the shining of ice. May your mouth contain the shapes of strange words. May you smell food cooking you have not eaten. May the spring of a foreign river be your navel. May your soul be at home where there are no houses. Walk carefully, well loved one, walk mindfully, well loved one, walk fearlessly, well loved one. Return with us, return to us, be always coming home.

[@tehacjusz2010]

my deepest thanks for this one; may the force be with you and stay frosty.

[@teganmiller4248]

Thank you, wonderful!

[@no.1belleandsebastianfan]

I love Ursula Le Guin!!!!!!!

[@sajinirathnayake9285]

She is heaven ❤😂

[@Snackay]

Didn't he say he was going to be brief?

[@sidesignfurniturerestoration]

I rediscover the writings by Mrs Le Guin. Thanks to KZbin it is still possible to listen to her lectures, inteviews. Which is perfect. Thank you Berkeley for sharing this particular meeting with this lady of thought. Nethertheless I am surprised in a rather unpleasant matter. This lady was 83 at that time. She was a guest at your University, a much aknowledged writer and an Old Person (as she described herself) and I find it quite unkind for the professor (a much younger person) to make her choose the people asking questions. Please forgive me my little self daring critisise a professor though it did strike me as some cultural issue which I don't feel comfortable with. I believe renown universities set the realm of culture to younger generetions. Should it show disrespect to Old and aknowledged?

[@terrylaguardia6838]

Language Arts Yes I had the same feeling. Given that it is very tiresome even for younger people to take questions for so long, she should have been saved the daunting task of coordinating the questions in the Q&A. It would have been more polite, no doubt, though I’m sure the professor meant it differently - as a way of, as he said, staying backstage, most likely to allow for a more spontaneous interaction between LeGuin and her public.

[@michaellucey1752]

Ursula Le Guin wanted to engage with the audience directly and field her own questions, so the disrespect would have been for me to insist on handling that.

[@kathyhills5391]

Love this

[@k.t.5405]

min 14:12 "A woman who is of mixed race..." Huh? Thats a stretch , bud.

[@mausoleumoflovers]

Is that really all you have to contribute in response to this right and complex conversation, now 11 years later?

[@k.t.5405]

@@mausoleumoflovers whaddya want from me, bud... just a simple guy, livin' day to day 🙄

[@mausoleumoflovers]

@@k.t.5405 Answer my question. I don't care if you are a simple guy. Why act the simpleton? Why watch this entire video and make this inane question? Did you read Always Coming Home? It is a science fiction story, and the character in question is of two races, Condor and Kesh. Do some research before you spew your idiotic comments. Reflect on the contributions you make to the world.