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Revision as of 12:24, 7 January 2011
Chronological
- 1972
- "Fifteen Vultures, The Strop, and the Old Lady" (in Clarion II: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction and Criticism, edited by Robin Scott Wilson (New American Library / Signet: 1972)) - An essay on being a writer.
- 1973
- "On Theme" (accompanying "Nine Lives," in Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader, edited by Robin Scott Wilson (1973))
- ""From Elfland to Poughkeepsie" (1973 chapbook - Pendragon Press: June 1973. ISBN 091401000X.)
- 1976
- "The Space Crone" (1976) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Is Gender Necessary? Redux" (1976) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1978
- "Moral and Ethical Implications of Family Planning" (1978) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1979
- "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" (1979) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Working on 'The Lathe'" (1979) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1980
- "Some Thoughts on Narrative" (1980) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1981
- "World-Making" (1981) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Hunger" (1981) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Place Names" (1981) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1982
- "The Princess" (1982) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be" (1982) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Facing It" (1982) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1983
- "Reciprocity of Prose and Poetry" (1983) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "A Left-Handed Commencement Address" (1983) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Along the Platte" (1983) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1984
- "Whose Lathe?" (1984) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Woman Without Answers" (1984) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Second Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb" (1984) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1985
- "Room 9, Car 1430" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Theodora" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Science Fiction and the Future" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Only Good Author?" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1986
- "Bryn Mawr Commencement Address" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Woman / Wilderness" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Heroes" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Prospects for Women in Writing" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Text, Silence, Performance" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1987
- "Who is Responsible?" (1987) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Conflict" (1987) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?" (1987) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1988
- "Over the Hills and a Great Way Off" (1988) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Fisherwoman's Daughter" (1988) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- 1992
- "Talking About Writing" (originally published in The Writer, v. 105 (Dec. 1992), pp. 9-11.)
- 2003
- "Subversive Truths" (in Gobshite Quarterly issue 3 (Aug. 2003), p. 25)
- 2004
- "A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books", Slate (Dec. 16, 2004). http://www.slate.com/id/2111107/
- 2008
- "Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading", Harper's Magazine (February 2008, pp. 33-38)
By title
- A
- "About Feet" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "All Happy Families" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Along the Platte" (1983) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "American SF and The Other" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Assumptions About Fantasy" (in Cheek and Jowl)
- "Award and Gender" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- B
- "Being Taken for Granite" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "The Book Is What Is Real: Introduction" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Bryn Mawr Commencement Address" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- C
- "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature" (in Cheek and Jowl)
- "The Child and the Shadow" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "A Citizen of Mondath" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Collectors, Rhymesters, and Drummers" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Conflict" (1987) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists" (in Cheek and Jowl)
- D
- "Do-It-Yourself Cosmology" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Dogs, Cats, and Dancers: Thoughts About Beauty" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Dreams Must Explain Themselves" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- E
- "Escape Routes (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- F
- "Facing It" (1982) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Fact and/or/plus Fiction" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "The Fisherwoman's Daughter" (1988) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- G
- H
- "Heroes" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Hunger" (1981) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- I
- "Indian Uncles" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Introducing Myself" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Is Gender Necessary?"
- "Is Gender Necessary? Redux" (1976) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World; in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" (1979) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Introduction to Star Songs of an Old Primate" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Introduction to The Altered I (excerpt)" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Introduction to Rocannon's World" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Introduction to Planet of Exile" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Introduction to City of Illusions" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Introduction to The Word for World Is Forest" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- L
- "A Left-Handed Commencement Address" (1983) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Le Guin Introduces Le Guin: Introduction" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- M
- "A Matter of Trust" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "A Message About Messages" (in Cheek and Jowl)
- "The Modest One" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Moral and Ethical Implications of Family Planning" (1978) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "My Island" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "My Libraries" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- N
- "National Book Award Acceptance Speech" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be" (1982) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- O
- "Off the Page: Loud Cows: A Talk and a Poem About Reading Aloud" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Old Body Not Writing" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "On Fantasy and Science Fiction: Introduction" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "On the Frontier" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "On Genetic Determinism" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "The Only Good Author?" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Operating Instructions" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Over the Hills and a Great Way Off" (1988) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- P
- "Place Names" (1981) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Prides: An Essay on Writing Workshops" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "The Princess" (1982) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Prospects for Women in Writing" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Pushing at the Limits: Introduction" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- Q
- "The Question I Get Asked Most Often" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- R
- "Re-Reading Peter Rabbit" (in Cheek and Jowl)
- "Reading Young, Reading Old: Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Reciprocity of Prose and Poetry" (1983) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Room 9, Car 1430" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- S
- "Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Science Fiction and the Future" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Second Report of the Shipwrecked Foreigner to the Kadanh of Derb" (1984) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Some Thoughts on Narrative" (1980) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Space Crone" (1976) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Stalin in the Soul" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "The Staring Eye" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading", Harper's Magazine (February 2008, pp.33-38)
- "The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Stress-Rhythm in Poetry and Prose" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- T
- "Talking About Writing" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Telling Is Listening" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Telling the Truth: Introduction" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Text, Silence, Performance" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Theodora" (1985) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Things Not Actually Present: On The Book of Fantasy and J. L. Borges" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Thinking About Cordwainer Smith" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- U
- "Unquestioned Assumptions" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- W
- "'A War Without End'" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?" (1987) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books", Slate (Dec. 16, 2004). http://www.slate.com/id/2111107/
- "Who is Responsible?" (1987) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Whose Lathe?" (1984) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" (in Language of the Night, 2d ed)
- "Why Kids Want Fantasy" (in Cheek and Jowl)
- "The Wilderness Within" (in Cheek and Jowl)
- "The Wilderness Within: The Sleeping Beauty and 'The Poacher'" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "Woman / Wilderness" (1986) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Woman Without Answers" (1984) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "Working on 'The Lathe'" (1979) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "World-Making" (1981) (in Dancing at the Edge of the World)
- "The Writer and the Character" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- "The Writer on, and at, Her Work" (in The Wave in the Mind)
- Y
- "The Young Adult in the YA" (in Cheek and Jowl)
Collections
- Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places (1989, Grove Press)
- The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (1979, ed. Susan Wood, G.P. Putnam; 1989, Women's Press; 2nd edition published in 1992 by HarperCollins)
- Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (1998, Eight Mountain)
- The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination (2004, Shambhala), winner 2005 Locus Award, best nonfiction
- Cheek by Jowl: Talks and Essays on How and Why Fantasy Matters (Aqueduct Press, April 2009) (winner, Locus Award, 2010, "Best Non-Fiction / Art Book".