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  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780834846777
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

The Wave in the Mind

Imagination and the Art of Writing and Reading



Join Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women's shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary craftsmanship, she offers a diverse and highly engaging set of readings. The Wave in the Mind includes some of Le Guin's finest literary criticism, rare autobiographical writings, performance art pieces, and, most centrally, her reflections on the arts of writing and reading.

  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780834846777
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

About the author

Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin is the author of twenty novels, ten story collections, four volumes of translation, six volumes of poetry, four collections of essays, and thirteen books for children. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Awards Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

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