num_pages: 314
description: Ursula K. Le Guin explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women's shoes, beauty, and family life. The Wave in the Mind  includes some literary criticism, rare autobiographical writings, performance art pieces, and, most centrally, her reflections on the arts of writing and reading.
language: English
title: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
titlecomplete: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
genres: Essays, Philosophy, Biography, Womens, Literature, Feminism, Nonfiction, Writing, Memoir, Books About Books
ratings_count: 2280
series: About Writing
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Premio Ignotus
category: Mejor Libro de Ensayo
publisher: Shambhala