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Ursula K. Le Guin lit culture and society thought and opinion writing
We need writers who know the difference between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art. The profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable; so did the divine right of kings. … Power can be resisted and changed by human beings; resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art—the art of words. I’ve had a long career and a good one, in good company, and here, at the end of it, I really don’t want to watch American literature get sold down the river. … The name of our beautiful reward is not profit. Its name is freedom.

In her acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation’s 2014 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the magnificent Ursula K. Le Guin proves once again that she is not only one of the greatest writers of our time, but also one of the fiercest champions of the human spirit.

For more of her extraordinary wit and wisdom, see Le Guin on being a man, on aging and what beauty really means, and on the “secret” of great writing.  

11-20-2014
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