{"id":13313,"date":"2024-06-11T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13313"},"modified":"2024-06-27T17:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T17:34:57","slug":"a-residency-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/06\/11\/a-residency-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"A Residency In Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from Observer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sci-Fi Author Ursula Le Guin\u2019s Portland Home Is Becoming a Writers Residency<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Le Guin had a clear vision for her home to become a creative space for writers and a beacon for the literary community, according to Literary Arts director Andrew Proctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ursula Le Guin\u2019s writing studio, where she created works like The Books of Earthsea. Courtesy and copyright Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A cozy second-floor studio in a three-story Portland home is where Ursula Le Guin<\/a>, the late author renowned for her achievements in science fiction and fantasy, created seminal works like The Books of Earthsea<\/em>, The Dispossessed<\/em> and The Left Hand of Darkness<\/em>. Le Guin\u2019s longtime home is now set to host other promising authors as it transforms into a new writers residency overseen by local nonprofit Literary Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family of Le Guin, who died in 2018 at age 88, donated the property to Literary Arts with the goal of celebrating and supporting historically underrepresented writers. \u201cAlthough Ursula\u2019s reputation is international, she focused much of energy on the local community of writers, libraries and literary organizations,\u201d said the author\u2019s son Theo Downes-Le Guin<\/a> in a statement. \u201cSo it\u2019s fitting that this residency, ambitious in the breadth of writers it will reach, will be rooted in the house and city she loved and lived in for more than a half-century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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