Le Guin remained an active writer, reader, and thinker until her death.
Note: This interview originally appeared in the Dec. 8 issue of EW.
I read so many, with so much pleasure, theres no way I could pick a favorite.
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After a few years, I asked my father if hed hidden it, and he said yes.
I was curious, because he wasnt the censor pop in.
I asked him why, and he said, It was so inaccurate!
What books have you read over and over again?Dozens.
FromAlice in WonderlandtoBlack Beauty, fromThe Jungle BooktoKim, fromPride and PrejudicetoJane EyretoLittle DorrittoTo the Lighthouse.
And poets: Shelley, Keats, A.E.
What book cemented you as a writer?I dont know how to answer this question.
I started reading and writing at 5 and have never stopped since.
Or maybe I just never got cemented.
Who is your literary hero?Yuri, inDoctor Zhivago.
Is there a book you wish you had written?Any of Grace Paleys books.
Whats the last book that made you laugh?
I always cry at the end ofThe Lord of the Ringswhen Sam says, Well, Im back.
Who is your literary crush?I have never got over Fitzwilliam Darcy, and I never will.
