pickI had no idea Le Guin also wrote poetry! I should have known. The woman who wrote The Rule of Names would obviously have a deep understanding of the power of words. So glad I‘ve discovered this last collection because now I can work my way backwards.
Also, if I could tattoo the entirety of After the Death of Orpheus on my skin, I would. #TheSealeyChallenge 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
“I would go so far as to say that the natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. They bear meanings. A novel is a medicine bundle, holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us.“
"The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards."
#firstlinefridays #awizardofearthsea #ursulakleguin
After a lazy Saturday morning, this is the plan for the rest of the weekend.
