In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin
In Your Spare Time is a podcast from the blog of Ursula K. Le Guin. Each week, a different reader brings one of Ursula's blog posts to life. The podcast features readings of her blog entries, offering insights into her thoughts and reflections.
Episodes
Kelly Sue DeConnick reads "Exercises"
Kelly Sue DeConnick reads post 27, "Exercises," from June 24, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/27-exercises You can find Kelly Sue online at milkfed.us
Amanda Nelson reads "Against Eisenhower"
Amanda Nelson reads post 26, "Against Eisenhower," from June 12, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/26-against-eisenhower Amanda's website is www.theamandanelson.com
Premee Mohamed reads "Petty Expectations"
Premee Mohamed reads post 25, "Petty Expectations," from June 4, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/25-petty-expectations Premee's website is premeemohamed.com
Maris Kreizman reads "To Save Free Enterprise, Books Must Die"
Maris Kreizman reads post 24, "To Save Free Enterprise, Books Must Die," from May 26, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/24-to-save-free-enterprise-books-must-die Maris's website is www.mariskreizman.com
Cadwell Turnbull reads "The Middle of What?"
Cadwell Turnbull reads post 23, "The Middle of What?," from May 25, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/23-the-middle-of-what Cadwell Turnbull's website is cadwellturnbull.com
R.B. Lemberg reads "First Contact"
R.B. Lemberg reads post 22, "First Contact," from May of 2011. You can read Ursula's original post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/22-first-contact R.B. Lemberg's website is www.rblemberg.net
Nicola Griffith reads "Beige"
Nicola Griffith reads post 21, "Beige," from April 22, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/21-beige Nicola Griffith's website is nicolagriffith.com
Kim Stanley Robinson Reads "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2"
Kim Stanley Robinson reads post 20, "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2," from April 5, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/20-unfacts-concerning-the-google-unsettlement
Kim Stanley Robinson reads "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement"
Kim Stanley Robinson reads post 19, "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement," from March 28, 2011. You can read Ursula's original blog post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/19-unfacts-concerning-the-google-unsettlement
Akemi Tanigaki reads "To My Readers in Japan"
Akemi Tanigaki reads post 18 "To My Readers in Japan" You can read Ursula's original post, from March 14, 2011, here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/18-to-my-readers-in-japan
Vajra Chandrasekera reads "Would You Please F—ing Stop?"
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
Michelle Ruiz Keil reads "Uniforms"
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
Morehshin Allahyari reads "Egypt" and "Footnote to My Egypt Blog Post"
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/
Special episode: Martha Ullman West
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
Caroline Le Guin reads "The Horsies Upstairs"
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 "A Riff on the Harper Contract"
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
Rebecca Campbell reads "The Tree"
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
Stefanie Peters reads "On Prospero's Island"
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
Yuri Herrera reads "Confidential reports from FBI agents to the Bureau, intercepted by Wikileeks (Welsh Information Kontrol Institute)"
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
Molly Gloss reads "The Sissy Strikes Back"
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/
Brian Attebery reads "A Band of Brothers, a Stream of Sisters"
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
Matt Bell reads "The Lynx"
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
Leah Schnelbach reads "Exorcists"
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
Omar El Akkad reads "Someone Named Delores"
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
adrienne maree brown reads "The Absent Silence"
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 "Miners and I-Pods"
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/
Julie Phillips reads "In Your Spare Time"
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 reads "A Note at the Beginning"
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
Trailer for In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin
Theo Downes-Le Guin welcomes you to In Your Spare Time, a podcast of Ursula K. Le Guin's blog.
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