Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

Ursula K. Le Guin

Book cover for Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
Book cover for Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

Ursula K. Le Guin

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"I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind," writes Ursula Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that change in the decade since the publication of her last nonfiction collection, The Language of the Night. And what a mind -- strong, supple, disciplined, playful, ranging over the whole field of its concerns, from modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos, with an eloquence, wit, and precision that makes for exhilarating reading.

Critical Reviews

"Dancing at the Edge of the World . . . is Ursula Le Guin at her best: insightful, funny, sharp, occasionally tendentious and nearly always provocative. . . . This is an important collection of eloquent, elegant pieces by one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers." -Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post Book World

"If you are tired of being able to predict what a writer will say next, if you are bored stiff with minimalism, if you want excess and risk and intelligence and pure orneriness, try Le Guin." -Mary Mackey, San Francisco Chronicle

"I read Ursula Le Guin's Dancing at the Edge of the World with great delight. What a pleasure it is to roam around in her spacious, playful mind. And what a joy to read her taut, elegant prose." -Erica Jong

"Essential reading for anyone who imagines herself literate and/or socially concerned or who wants to learn what it means to be such." -Library Journal

Publishing Information

Publisher: Grove Press
Pub date: 1997-09-24
Length: 320 pages

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