A strange book, repackaged, reimagined with a hilarious interview at the end an essay about modesty -- honestly, each of the parts was great and was vintage LeGuin, but the sum is confusing -- felt like a grab bag that didn't hold together.

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An eclectic mixture of things has been poured into this slender volume: the longest piece is a short story, there are some poems, an essay, an interview...

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There's an interview in here in which LeGuin bemoans the state of the modern publishing industry as it attempts to mass market to the lowest common denominator. Now - can you think of any way in which this might be spreading and contaminating all book-related activities and how it might lead to attempted censorship and the defeat of the purpose of reading in the first place - the free exchange of ideas.

Answers in the comments please! ;-)

Nice short read. The title short story is classic le Guin. Great imagined culture,compelling characters and good story telling. Also included, some short poems, a very interesting essay on modesty, and a weirdly entertaining interview. ( )

**The Wild Girls** by *Ursula K. Le Guin* contains a short story/novelly named like the book, two essays, a couple of poems, and an interview with the author. I liked the short story well enough, but it was like the remainder of the book: agreeable but inconsequential. The essays held opinions I liked, without anything actionable, and the interview showed a person I liked, but nothing more than that. ( )