Ursula K. Le Guin: Audio and Video Online

Audio, Music, & Video Links

Audiofile of UKL's Lavinia reading at the Corvallis-Benton County Library MP3 [24Mb]
BBC Radio 7 celebrates UKL’s 80th birthday with her story “Diary of the Rose.” Read by Laurel Lefkow.
18 October 2009

Complete list of downloadable Le Guin books.
Lavinia, narrated By Alyssa Bresnahan. Unabridged.
A Wizard of Earthsea. Unabridged.
The Tombs of Atuan. Unabridged. UKL reads the online sample.
The Farthest Shore. Unabridged.
The Other Wind. Unabridged.
The Lathe of Heaven. Unabridged.
Gifts. Unabridged.
Voices. Unabridged.
Powers. Unabridged.
Changing Planes. Unabridged.
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories. UKL reads from the Introduction in the online sample. Unabridged.
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century. Unabridged. Includes UKL's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
2000x: Vaster than Empires and More Slow. Dramatized.
City of Illusions. Unabridged.
Planet of Exile. Unabridged.
Legends: Stories by the Masters of Fantasy, Volume 3. Includes UKL's "Dragonfly." Unabridged.
The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, January-February 2003, ed. Gordon Van Gelder. Includes "The Seasons of the Ansarac," from Changing Planes. Unabridged.

Matthew Peterson interviews UKL for The Author Hour. Audio, transcript, and bonus questions.
12 November 2009
“Think & Drink,” Oregon Council for the Humanities. UKL and Lani Roberts. [Photo] [MP3-1] [MP3-2]
22 June 2009
Now available on UKL’s website: China Miéville interviews UKL about her life and work for BBC Radio 4, 17 March 2009.
“Between the Covers”: Jim Schumock interviews UKL for KBOO radio. Streaming audio.
Online: NPR's Jacki Lyden interviews UKL on "All Things Considered," 26 April 2008. (Audio)
Between the Covers: John J. Miller interviews UKL at National Review Online. 24 April 2008. [Offsite link]
"Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?" Seattle Arts and Lectures Literary Series, 8 April 2002 [Offsite link: RealAudio]
Talk of the Nation, host Neal Conan; guests Daniel Grotta, Michael Drout, Ursula K. Le Guin discuss Tolkien. NPR, 18 December 2003. [Offsite link: RealMedia or WindowsMedia]
Elsewhere, Inverted, Utopia — Kurt Anderson interviews Ursula K. Le Guin for "Studio 360" at WNYC public radio. [Offsite link: RealAudio]

Ursula K. Le Guin & Elinor Armer: Lockerbones/Airbones: Poetry by Ursula K. Le Guin, music by Elinor Armer
Two audio excerpts from the "Paradises Lost" opera at Stephen Andrew Taylor's website: "What is the sadness in you" (mp3, 1:49) and "Alive in the world are human beings, plants, and bacteria" (mp3, 2:20)
The Hidden Sky: A Chamber Opera based on the Le Guin Short Story "The Masters," by Peter Foley. Includes "Oath" (excerpt), "Wheel in the Engine" (complete), and "Revelation/All Is Number" (excerpt).
Kesh Music by Todd Barton from Always Coming Home

Video: Ursula K. Le Guin & Margeret Killjoy, Anarchist Writers on Fiction. Sample at Youtube. (28 January 2010)
“Guesswork & Archaeology & Virgil” — video, courtesy Ron Hogan. (1 May 2009)
UKL’s Timberland Reads Together. Courtesy of TCTV (Thurston County cable tv) & Timberland Library, Olympia, WA, October 2008. (5 February 2009)
Video of UKL's 22 April appearance at Powell's Bookstore. Lavinia reading, Q&A. Video courtesy of pdxjustice Media Productions. (Google video, 43 minutes) (27 April 2008)
"Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature." Video of Arbuthnot Honor Lecture by Ursula K. Le Guin, 2004. (Google video, 1 hr. Filesize: 19Mb, for slower connections.)
"Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature." Video of Arbuthnot Honor Lecture by Ursula K. Le Guin, 2004. (Google video, 1 hr, high-res. Filesize: 69Mb, for faster connections.)
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