Dancing at the Edge of the World

Dancing at the Edge of the World

First edition hardback cover
Author	Ursula K. Le Guin
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Grove Press (hardback)
Publication date	1989
Media type	book
OCLC	17917308

Dancing at the Edge of the World is a 1989 nonfiction collection by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The works are divided into two categories: talks and essays, and book and movie reviews. Within the categories, the works are organized chronologically, and are further marked by what Le Guin calls the Guide Ursuline—a system of symbols denoting the main theme of the works. The four themes with which she categorizes the essays are feminism, social responsibility, literature and travel.^[1]

Contents[]

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Talks and Essays[]

• 1976: "" (feminism, social responsibility)
• 1976: "" (literature, feminism)
• 1978: "" (feminism, social responsibility)
• 1979: "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" (literature)
• 1979: "" (literature)
• 1980: "" (literature)
• 1981: "" (literature)
• 1981: "Hunger" (social responsibility)
• 1981: "" (travel)
• 1982: "" (social responsibility, feminism)
• 1982: "" (literature)
• 1982: "Facing It" (social responsibility)
• 1983: "" (literature)
• 1983: "" (feminism, social responsibility)
• 1983: "" (travel)
• 1984: "" (literature, social responsibility)
• 1984: "" (literature)
• 1984: "" (social responsibility)
• 1985: "" (travel)
• 1985: "" (literature)
• 1985: "" (literature, social responsibility)
• 1985: "" (literature)
• 1986: "" (feminism, social responsibility)
• 1986: "" (feminism, social responsibility)
• 1986: "" (feminism, literature)
• 1986: "" (literature, feminism)
• 1986: "" (feminism)
• 1986: "" (literature)
• 1987: "''" (literature)
• 1987: "" (literature)
• 1987: "''" (literature)
• 1988: "" (travel)
• 1988: "" (feminism, literature)

Reviews[]

• 1977: "The Dark Tower, C. S. Lewis"
• 1978: "Close Encounters, Star Wars, and the "
• 1979: "Shikasta, by Doris Lessing"
• 1980: ""
• 1980: ", by John Gardner"
• 1980: ", by Doris Lessing"
• 1980: "Kalila and Dimna, retold by Ramsay Wood"
• 1980: ", by Maggie Scarf"
• 1980: "Italian Folktales, by Italo Calvino"
• 1981: ", by Mervyn Peake"
• 1983: ", by Doris Lessing"
• 1984: "Difficult Loves, by Italo Calvino"
• 1984: ""
• 1985: ", by "
• 1986: ", by Eugene Linden"
• 1986: "Outside the Gates, by Molly Gloss"
• 1986: "Golden Days, by Carolyn See"

Awards and honors[]

The book was a finalist for the 1990 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book.^[3]

References[]

• Le Guin, Ursula K. (1989). Dancing at the Edge of the World. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 0-8021-3529-3. Retrieved May 20, 2018.