A Left-Handed Commencement Address: Resources

Websites

Le Guin Is Hysterically Funny, and Scarily Smart

Read about her opinions on whether amoebas or humans have better sex. (Don't worry, it's not that graphic. But it's part of her musings on communication and literature, and it's unreal.)

Gotta Link Her Official Site

Containing everything but her kitchen sink, this website has anything and everything Le Guin.

Prolific Doesn't Even Begin to Describe Her

Links out to many, many different video and audio clips of Le Guin's various public addresses.

Movie or TV Productions

Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin

This documentary, a film that has taken years to get off the ground, is to be completed in 2017.

Articles and Interviews

The Boston Globe Tries to Briefly Capture the Spirit of Le Guin

…which is really hard to do. But this is a good quick bio of the amazing woman.

Review of A Review Of Ursula Le Guin

An academic review of a book written about Le Guin's feminist qualities.

Le Guin on Science Fiction

This particularly fun essay on the reason for Science Fiction is enthralling.

Nobody Puts Ursula In A Pigeonhole

Awesome interview in the Paris Review that examines her influences, her thoughts on genre, and a few hilarious comments.

Video

Neil Gaiman Presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Le Guin

...and couldn't be funnier.

Audio

When Le Guin Got the Giggle-Fits

Listening to these two friends debate literary topics is a must-listen. Our favorite part is when Le Guin can't stop giggling uncontrollably at Atwood's description of the act of writing as a boudoir.

Her Ideas Come from Schenectady

Okay, not really. But here's another podcast with the highly entertaining lady about where she gets her ideas from.

Images

Most Common Publicity Photo

Doesn't she look like someone you'd like to share a cup of coffee with?

This Woman Knows Things

Look at that gleam in her eye.

Apparently, She's Been Rockin' The Same Hairstyle for Decades

...not that there's anything wrong with that.

Nice.

'Nuff said.