{"product_id":"no-time-to-spare-thinking-about-what-matters-9781328507976","title":"No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Hugo Award for Best Related Book and the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them. . . \" -- Melissa Febos, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: \u003c\/em\u003e \"If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn cultural perceptions of fantasy: \u003c\/em\u003e \"The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is 'escapism' an accusation of?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn breakfast: \u003c\/em\u003e \"Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. In the last great frontier of life, old age, she explored a new literary territory: the blog, a forum where she shined. The collected best of Ursula's blog, \u003cem\u003eNo Time to Spare\u003c\/em\u003e presents perfectly crystallized dispatches on what mattered to her late in life, her concerns with the world, and her wonder at it: \"How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. Billionaires, all of us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7407289\"\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328507976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1328507971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO019000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eURSULA K. LE GUIN is the recipient of a National Book Award, six Hugo and five Nebula Awards, the Kafka Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832837832843,"sku":"9781328507976","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/no-time-to-spare-thinking-about-what-matters-9781328507976","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}