The Left Hand of Le Guin Podcast

Kyle Winkler
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The Left Hand of Le Guin is all about the works of Ursula K. Le Guin. We talk with fans, scholars, readers, writers, obsessives, and aim to cover all her stories, novels, essays, and even those works that inspired her or which she inspired.

Episodes

  1. 09/11/2022

    10. Discussion of 'The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction'

    A discussion of 'The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction' with David Naimon and Susan DeFreitas

  2. 08/03/2022

    09. Three Short Stories

    A discussion with Evan Dahm about three classic Le Guin stories: "Semley's Necklace," "The Word of Unbinding," and "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow."

  3. 07/10/2022

    08. Lavinia

    Discussion with June Martin about Le Guin's last novel Lavinia

  4. 06/26/2022

    07. The Eye of the Heron

    Discussion of The Eye of the Heron with Mattie Lewis.

  5. 06/05/2022

    06. The Beginning Place

    A discussion with Prof. Tim Miller of Florida Atlantic University about THE BEGINNING PLACE.

  6. 05/15/2022

    05. Two Essays

    A discussion with Gerry Canavan of Marquette University about two essays.

  7. 05/01/2022

    04. The Left Hand of Darkness

    Discussion of The Left Hand of Darkness with Kate Sheckler of Marianopolis College in Quebec, Canada

  8. 04/20/2022

    03. The Tombs of Atuan

    Discussion with writer Paul Jessup about The Tombs of Atuan Intro 0:00 Paul’s 1st encounter with Le Guin and 1st read of THE TOMBS OF ATUAN 3:35 The place of ATUAN in the greater collection/its difference from the cycle 5:42 Anthropological influences/Ishi of Two Worlds (Yana group) 8:10 ATUAN’s compression/density/atmosphere/structure (Paul mistakes the opening scene for the one in THE FARTHEST SHORE. Oops!) 11:15 Belated, brief summary of book (spoilers!) 15:25 Bildungsromans/the book’s rituals/religious mythos 18:00 Claims of “austerity” in Le Guin’s prose/Kyle’s shock/the poetry and mis-expectation of overwriting in fantasy 28:30 Tolkien’s influence, positive and negative, on writers of Le Guin’s generation 38:05 ATUAN and folk horror (THE WICKER MAN was released 5 yrs after ATUAN in 1975!) 41:40 Relationship btw character prior to Ged’s appearing halfway thru 43:10 Reversal of agency/power in ATUAN/Le Guin’s narrative subversion 48:50 Jungian psychology in ATUAN 51:48 The leaving behind of childhood 55:35 Ring of Erreth-Akbe as MacGuffin 57:12 Maps, map confusion, and psychogeography of book 1:01:00

  9. 04/06/2022

    02. The Language of A Wizard of Earthsea

    Discussion of the language of Earthsea with Kyle Winkler and guests James Gifford and Simon McNeil. Next episode, we move onto the Tombs of Atuan, with author Paul Jessup.

  10. 03/30/2022

    01. A Wizard of Earthsea

    Discussion of A Wizard of Earthsea with Kyle Winkler and guests James Gifford and Simon McNeil

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The Left Hand of Le Guin is all about the works of Ursula K. Le Guin. We talk with fans, scholars, readers, writers, obsessives, and aim to cover all her stories, novels, essays, and even those works that inspired her or which she inspired.

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