At the 2014 National Book Awards, Ursula Le Guin accepted the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Author Neil Gaiman presented the awards. Le Guin said, “I rejoice in accepting [this prize] for, and sharing it with, all the writers who were excluded from literature for so long: my fellow authors of fantasy and science fiction.” NPR covered the award here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365434149/book-news-ursula-k-le-guin-steals-the-show-at-the-national-book-awards
Le Guin-related books from McFarland:
One Earth, One People:
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L’Engle and Orson Scott Card
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Journey to Post-Feminism
Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature
The Past That Might Have Been, the Future That May Come:
Women Writing Fantastic Fiction, 1960s to the Present
Practicing Science Fiction:
Critical Essays on Writing, Reading and Teaching the Genre
Literary Eats:
Emily Dickinson’s Gingerbread, Ernest Hemingway’s Picadillo, Eudora Welty’s Onion Pie and 400+ Other Recipes from American Authors Past and Present
Gaiman-related books from McFarland:
Feminism in the Worlds of Neil Gaiman:
Essays on the Comics, Poetry and Prose
Neil Gaiman in the 21st Century:
Essays on the Novels, Children’s Stories, Online Writings, Comics and Other Works
The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young Adult Literature:
Essays on Stories from Grimm to Gaiman
